TY - JOUR
T1 - Observations of ferrite/austenite transformations in the heat affected zone of 2205 dupex stainless steel spot welds using time resolved X-ray diffraction
AU - Palmer, T. A.
AU - Elmer, J. W.
AU - Babu, S. S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been performed under the auspices of the US Department of Energy, by the University of California, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory under Contract No. W-7405-ENG-48. Portions of this research were carried out at the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, a national user facility operated by Stanford University on behalf of the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences. The ORNL portion of this research was sponsored by the US Department of Energy, Division of Materials Science and Engineering, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with UT-Battelle, LLC. The authors would also like to thank Prof. T. DebRoy at The Pennsylvania State University for allowing us the use of the transient heat transfer and fluid flow code for the calculation of weld thermal cycles. Other thanks go to Mr. A.T. Teruya (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) for writing the LabView ® software used in the control of the welding experiments, Dr. J. Wong (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) for his contributions during the performance of these experiments, and Dr. I Hutcheon for performing the electron micro-probe analyses.
PY - 2004/6/15
Y1 - 2004/6/15
N2 - Time resolved X-ray diffraction (TRXRD) measurements are made in the heat affected zone (HAZ) of 2205 duplex stainless steel (DSS) spot welds. Both the γ → δ and δ → γ transformations are monitored as a function of time during the rapid spot weld heating and cooling cycles. These observations are then correlated with calculated thermal cycles. Where the peak temperatures are highest (∼1342 °C), the γ → δ transformation proceeds to completion, leaving a ferritic microstructure at the end of heating. With lower peak temperatures, the γ → δ transformation proceeds to only partial completion, resulting in a microstructure containing both transformed and untransformed austenite. Further analyses of the individual diffraction patterns show shifts in the peak positions and peak widths as a function of both time and temperature. In addition, these changes in the peak characteristics are correlated with measured changes in the ferrite volume fraction. Such changes in the peak positions and widths during the γ → δ transformation provide an indication of changes occurring in each phase. These changes in peak properties can be correlated with the diffusion of nitrogen and other substitutional alloying elements, which are recognized as the primary mechanisms for this transformation. Upon cooling, the δ → γ transformation is observed to proceed from both the completely and partially transformed microstructural regions in the TRXRD data. An examination of the resulting microstructures confirms the TRXRD observation as the evidence shows that austenite both nucleates and grows from the ferritic microstructure at locations closest to the fusion zone boundary and grows from untransformed austenite grains at locations further from this boundary.
AB - Time resolved X-ray diffraction (TRXRD) measurements are made in the heat affected zone (HAZ) of 2205 duplex stainless steel (DSS) spot welds. Both the γ → δ and δ → γ transformations are monitored as a function of time during the rapid spot weld heating and cooling cycles. These observations are then correlated with calculated thermal cycles. Where the peak temperatures are highest (∼1342 °C), the γ → δ transformation proceeds to completion, leaving a ferritic microstructure at the end of heating. With lower peak temperatures, the γ → δ transformation proceeds to only partial completion, resulting in a microstructure containing both transformed and untransformed austenite. Further analyses of the individual diffraction patterns show shifts in the peak positions and peak widths as a function of both time and temperature. In addition, these changes in the peak characteristics are correlated with measured changes in the ferrite volume fraction. Such changes in the peak positions and widths during the γ → δ transformation provide an indication of changes occurring in each phase. These changes in peak properties can be correlated with the diffusion of nitrogen and other substitutional alloying elements, which are recognized as the primary mechanisms for this transformation. Upon cooling, the δ → γ transformation is observed to proceed from both the completely and partially transformed microstructural regions in the TRXRD data. An examination of the resulting microstructures confirms the TRXRD observation as the evidence shows that austenite both nucleates and grows from the ferritic microstructure at locations closest to the fusion zone boundary and grows from untransformed austenite grains at locations further from this boundary.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msea.2004.03.037
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2004.03.037
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:2642557951
SN - 0921-5093
VL - 374
SP - 307
EP - 321
JO - Materials Science and Engineering: A
JF - Materials Science and Engineering: A
IS - 1-2
ER -