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Improving the Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of Aged 316L Stainless Steel Heat Affected Zone by Electropulsing Beneath the Critical Temperature

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The improvement of the intergranular corrosion resistance of aged 316L stainless steel (316L) heat-affected zone by electropulsing treatment was studied. The results showed that the intergranular corrosion resistance of aged 316L HAZ increased with the increase of electropulsing frequency. As electropulsing frequency reached 170 Hz, most of M23C6 produced in austenite and δ-ferrite was dissolved during the aging process, and the intergranular corrosion resistance was basically restored. Thermodynamics and kinetic analysis clarified that electropulsing could reduce the thermodynamic dissolution barrier of M23C6 and improve the atomic diffusion flux, thereby promoting the dissolution and discontinuous distribution of M23C6 below its thermodynamic dissolution critical temperature and improving the intergranular corrosion resistance of aged 316L HAZ.

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The work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (U1860206, 51874023), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (2019YFC1908403), Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-20-04B), and Recruitment Program of Global Experts.

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    Shengli Ding, Longge Yan & Xinfang Zhang

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Ding, S., Yan, L., Cheng, X. et al. Improving the Intergranular Corrosion Resistance of Aged 316L Stainless Steel Heat Affected Zone by Electropulsing Beneath the Critical Temperature. JOM 73, 3928–3940 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-021-04941-2

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