Abstract
The reason for the heat-to-heat variation of the creep strength of Grade T92 steels was investigated, focusing on segregation of alloying elements. This variation was clearly confirmed at 650 °C and 700 °C. Layered contrasts were observed along the longitudinal direction of the boiler tube, which were considered to be due to solidifying segregation in the manufacturing process. The prior austenite grain size, packet size and block size seemed to be finer in the segregation band than in other areas. The segregation of alloying elements such as Cr, Mo and W was observed along the longitudinal direction of the tube. The difference between the maximum and minimum Cr content, Δ Cr, at a distance (x) was correlated with the difference of degree of Cr segregation among the steels. A correlation between ΔCr and time to rupture at 650 °C was found. The decrease in number density of M23C6 and MX particles, length of high-angle boundaries, and average KAM value during creep exposure was fast in strongly segregated material. This indicates that precipitation and martensitic structure strengthening rapidly decrease during creep exposure in steels with strong segregation.
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