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Method for Assessing Grain Boundary Density in High-Strength, High-Toughness Ferritic Weld Metal

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A method for measuring peak values on the maxlength-area fraction curve and the perimeter-area fraction curve with morphological photos using Image Pro Plus 6.0 Soft for assessing grain boundary density in high-strength, high-toughness ferritic weld metals is developed. Results show the sizes of the peak values have a tough relationship with grain boundary densities in that a larger peak value stands for a larger grain boundary density. As ferrite transforms into a certain orientation relationship, this semi-empirical method provides handy references for judging the sizes of effective grain boundary densities.

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    Xuanwei Lei (Ph.D. Candidate), Jihua Huang (Professor), Shuhai Chen (Associate Professor) & Xingke Zhao (Associate Professor)

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Lei, X., Huang, J., Chen, S. et al. Method for Assessing Grain Boundary Density in High-Strength, High-Toughness Ferritic Weld Metal. Metall Mater Trans A 48, 198–207 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-016-3818-7

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