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Calculation of α/γ equilibria in SA508 grade 3 steels for intercritical heat treatment

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An attempt has been made to suggest an optimum temperature for intercritical heat treatment of an SA508 grade 3 steel for nuclear pressure vessels, based on thermodynamic calculation of the α/γ phase equilibria. A thermodynamic database constructed for the Fe-Mn-Ni-Mo-Cr-Si-V-Al-C-N tencomponent system and an empirical criterion that the amount of reformed austenite should be around 40 pct were used for thermodynamic calculation and derivation of the optimum heat-treatment temperature, respectively. The calculated optimum temperature, 720 °C, was in good agreement with an experimentally determined temperature of 725 °C obtained through an independent experimental investigation of the same steel. The agreement between the calculated and measured fraction of reformed austenite during the intercritical heat treatment was also confirmed. Based on the agreement between calculation and experiment, it could be concluded that thermodynamic calculations can be successfully applied to the materials and/or process design as an additive tool to the already established technology, and that the currently constructed thermodynamic database for steel systems shows an accuracy that makes such applications possible.

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  2. the Materials and Corrosion Lab., Korea Electric Power Research Institute, 305-380, Taejon, Republic of Korea

    Hong-Deok Kim (Post Doc. Senior Researcher)

  3. the Nuclear Structural Steel Lab., Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, 305-600, Taejon, Republic of Korea

    Jun-Hwa Hong (Principal Researcher)

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Lee, BJ., Kim, HD. & Hong, JH. Calculation of α/γ equilibria in SA508 grade 3 steels for intercritical heat treatment. Metall Mater Trans A 29, 1441–1447 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-998-0359-8

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