Abstract
This work compared the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility of two austenitic alloys in supercritical water (SCW), and revealed the quantitative difference of SCC growth rates through scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM). Results showed that in-situ sensitization and creep occurred on the specimens during the SCC tests in SCW environment. Higher degree of Cr-depletion at the grain boundary ahead of the SCC crack tip was identified in the Fe-25Cr steel specimen, which has suffered severer in-situ sensitization because of the lower Cr content than the Ni-29.3Cr alloy specimen, and this in turn increased the creep susceptibility.
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