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Solidification Behavior of Duplex Stainless Steel (UNS S32205) Welds as a Function of WRC–1992 Diagram Equivalents and Cooling Rate


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1 Metallurgy Department, Government Engineering College, Sec-28, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
2 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
     

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Duplex stainless steels solidify as 100 % Ferrite, however solidification of Duplex Stainless steel welds is a function of Chromium equivalent and Nickel equivalent alloying elements, filler metal and base metal composition and associated weld thermal cycle. Resultant solidification mode behavior and hence final weld metal microstructure is always a matter of interest among researcher because mechanical properties and corrosion properties are depending on weld metal ferrite content. The present research is to investigate the solidification mode behavior of duplex stainless steel welds with varying Chromium equivalent and Nickel equivalent ratios and associated weld cooling rate. In order to meet this objective, weld coupon were prepared using experimental Low Nickel, Medium Nickel and High Nickel electrodes using SMAW process, step wise increased in Nickel content from commercially available standard 09 weight percentage Nickel in E2209 design. WRC-1992 Diagram has been used to calculate Chromium Equivalent and Nickel equivalent and predict Ferrite Number using compositions of Base metal and Nickel enriched experimental electrodes. Microstructure characterization of all weld coupons is carried out using ASTM A 923 Method. Calculated values were correlated with the different microstructures developed. According to the findings of the studies, weld produced with higher Nickel content electrode, when cooled with maximum rate approximately 100.8 °C/ Sec , considered under study, exhibited FA-mode of solidification with as low as 1.71 Creq/Nieq ratio and there was no noteworthy presence of intermetallic phases and precipitations in as-weld microstructures at approximate retained ferrite level of 15 Ferrite Number.

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Duplex Stainless Steel, Ferrite Number, Cooling Rate, Solidification Mode, WRC-1992 Diagram, Chromium Equivalent, Nickel Equivalent.
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  • Solidification Behavior of Duplex Stainless Steel (UNS S32205) Welds as a Function of WRC–1992 Diagram Equivalents and Cooling Rate

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Authors

Purvesh K. Nanavati
Metallurgy Department, Government Engineering College, Sec-28, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India
Sanjay N. Soman
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department, The M.S. University of Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Abstract


Duplex stainless steels solidify as 100 % Ferrite, however solidification of Duplex Stainless steel welds is a function of Chromium equivalent and Nickel equivalent alloying elements, filler metal and base metal composition and associated weld thermal cycle. Resultant solidification mode behavior and hence final weld metal microstructure is always a matter of interest among researcher because mechanical properties and corrosion properties are depending on weld metal ferrite content. The present research is to investigate the solidification mode behavior of duplex stainless steel welds with varying Chromium equivalent and Nickel equivalent ratios and associated weld cooling rate. In order to meet this objective, weld coupon were prepared using experimental Low Nickel, Medium Nickel and High Nickel electrodes using SMAW process, step wise increased in Nickel content from commercially available standard 09 weight percentage Nickel in E2209 design. WRC-1992 Diagram has been used to calculate Chromium Equivalent and Nickel equivalent and predict Ferrite Number using compositions of Base metal and Nickel enriched experimental electrodes. Microstructure characterization of all weld coupons is carried out using ASTM A 923 Method. Calculated values were correlated with the different microstructures developed. According to the findings of the studies, weld produced with higher Nickel content electrode, when cooled with maximum rate approximately 100.8 °C/ Sec , considered under study, exhibited FA-mode of solidification with as low as 1.71 Creq/Nieq ratio and there was no noteworthy presence of intermetallic phases and precipitations in as-weld microstructures at approximate retained ferrite level of 15 Ferrite Number.

Keywords


Duplex Stainless Steel, Ferrite Number, Cooling Rate, Solidification Mode, WRC-1992 Diagram, Chromium Equivalent, Nickel Equivalent.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.22486/iwj%2F2019%2Fv52%2Fi2%2F181777