Abstract
This study investigated the corrosion characteristics of weldments on superaustenitic stainless steels for various heat inputs and numbers of welding passes during gas tungsten arc welding(GTAW). The heat input was changed to 0.7 or 1.4 kJ/mm and the weldment microstructure and chemical composition were analyzed. The weldment corrosion resistance was evaluated by potentiodynamic polarization, and the critical pitting temperature (CPT) was determined. The CPT dropped from 85 to 55 â with both increasing heat input and number of welding passes. The microstructural and chemical compositional analyses revealed that the Mo segregated and precipitated in the interdendritic region, and that the Mo content in the dendritic core was lower than that in the surrounding area. The Mo content decreased when the pitting corrosion initiated. The precipitate content and dendrite core size both increased, and the pitting corrosion resistance decreased with both increasing heat input and number of welding passes. Key words: Superaustenitic stainless steel, 654SMO, Critical pitting temperature, Heat input, Welding pass, GTA welding
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