Abstract
Creep behaviors of the solution-treated AL6XN austenitic stainless steel have been investigated at 873–1023K and 120–260MPa. The results showed that the creep stress exponent and activation energy of the AL6XN steel are 5 and 395.4kJ/mol, respectively in the power–law breakdown regime. TEM observations revealed that dislocations distributed homogenously in grains. The creep deformation mechanism is mainly attributed to viscous dislocation glide. Precipitates in the steel after creep deformation were additionally analyzed by TEM, and the results showed that there are four different types of precipitates, such as M23C6, M6C, σ phase and Laves phase. The M23C6 carbides were observed at grain boundaries in the steel after creep at 873K. The M6C, σ phase and Laves phase precipitates were found when the creep temperature increases to 923–1023K. Although the AL6XN steel exhibited low steady state creep rates, a high volume fraction of brittle precipitates of σ and Laves phases reduced the creep lifetime of the steel at elevated temperatures.
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