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The present work focuses on the intergranular oxidation of Alloy 600 and its weld material Alloy 82 after exposure in simulated primary water at 340–360 °C during 1000–1400 h. The effects of intergranular chromium carbides, grain boundary character and pre-straining are studied either on industrial heats or model microstructures. Three-dimensional reconstructions of well-chosen grain boundaries are obtained using focused ion beam tomography in a scanning electron microscope. The 3D characterizations show that (1) twin boundaries are less susceptible to oxidation than high-angle grain boundaries; (2) intergranular chromium carbides delay the intergranular oxidation kinetics; (3) the intergranular oxidation depth is quite homogeneous along a given grain boundary except when strain heterogeneity exists in its vicinity, (4) strain heterogeneity tends to accelerate the intergranular oxidation kinetics; and (5) crack initiation in the oxidized grain boundary occurs at the alloy/oxide interface.
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The authors thank Pierre Laghoutaris (CEA Saclay) for A600 model microstructures preparation and oxidation. Karine Rousseau from SERMA Technologies (Grenoble, France) is gratefully acknowledged for part of the FIB Slice-and-View characterizations. Part of this work was carried out within the MATMECA consortium and supported by the ANR under contract number ANR-10-EQUIPEX-37. It has benefited from the facilities of the Laboratory MSSMat (UMR CNRS 8579), CentraleSupélec, France.
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Duhamel, C., Caballero, J., Couvant, T. et al. Intergranular Oxidation of Nickel-Base Alloys: Potentialities of Focused Ion Beam Tomography. Oxid Met 88, 447–457 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11085-016-9688-y
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