Abstract

In creep-strength-enhanced ferritic steels, hydrogen-induced cold cracking of weldments is a serious issue. In the present research work, the effect of cooling medium on tensile properties and microstructure evolution of P91 steel weldments has been studied. For water-cooling condition, the diffusible hydrogen metal in deposited metal was measured by the mercury method. The microstructure of weldments in different cooling condition was characterized by using the field-emission scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM) and optical microscope. The fractured tensile test samples were characterized using the FE-SEM. The maximum tensile strength was measured to be 624MPa for air-cooling medium (very low level of diffusible hydrogen).

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