通过晶界工程(GBE)处理,可使304不锈钢样品中的低∑CSL晶界比例提高到70%(Palumbo—Aust标准)以上,同时形成了大尺寸的“互有∑3^n取向关系晶粒的团簇”显微组织.采用C型环样品恒定加载方法,在pH值为2.0的沸腾20%NaCl酸化溶液中进行应力腐蚀实验.GBE样品在平均浸泡472h后出现应力腐蚀裂纹,SEM,EBSD和OM分析表明,应力腐蚀开裂(SCC)为沿晶开裂(IGSCC)和穿晶开裂(TGSCC)的混合型.而未经GBE处理的样品在平均浸泡192h后出现多条应力腐蚀主裂纹,且多为沿晶界裂纹.经过GBE处理的样品中大尺寸的晶粒团簇及大量相互连接的∑3-∑3∑9和∑3∑9—227等∑3^n类型的三叉界角,阻碍了IGSCC裂纹的扩展,从而提高了304不锈钢样品的抗IGSCC性能.
The grain boundary network in a 304 stainless steel can be controlled by grain boundary engineering (GBE). The total length proportion of ∑3^n coincidence site lattice (CSL) boundaries was increased to more than 70%, and the large size highly twinned grain-cluster microstructure formed through the treatment of GBE. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility of 304 stainless steel was evaluated through C ring specimen tests conducted in acidified boiling 20%NaCl solution. Based on the characterization by SEM, EBSD and OM, it was found that the large grain-clusters associated with many interconnected ∑3-∑3∑9and∑3∑9-227 triple junctions produced by GBE arrest the IGSCC cracks and improve the resistance to IGSCC.