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Dissimilar metal welds between 9Cr creep strength enhanced ferritic steel and advanced stainless steels—creep rupture test results and microstructural investigations

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Modern and future power plants will use more complex materials to withstand the higher steam temperatures and pressures as well as thermal cycling. As such, dissimilar metal welds (DMWs) will be more widespread in new design than before and will need to demonstrate resistance to combinations of severe creep, corrosion/oxidation, and low cycle fatigue. The DMWs between different steels or alloys are an underestimated topic. Experienced and documented premature failures reveal the criticality of DMWs. This study focused on the DMWs between 9Cr martensitic creep strength enhanced ferritic steels and advanced austenitic stainless steels. Two collaborative projects related to 18%Cr and 25%Cr austenitic creep resisting stainless steel delivered data concerning base metal characterization and weldability of similar and dissimilar welding. The specific features of dissimilar welding are further approached in more detail in this analysis. Two main methodologies, i.e., direct welding and buttering techniques using different filler metals were investigated and characterized via uniaxial creep rupture testing and metallographic examination particularly focusing on the fusion line carbide formation and morphology. For the limited exposure times of 10 kh in this project, the results show that aligned and coarse type I carbide formation is occurring at the 9Cr fusion line between A617 type weld metal. The selection of P87 or A82 type filler metals demonstrated isolated to partly aligned carbides, respectively, at the fusion line. To mitigate the risk to corrosion and achieve a marginal increase in creep performance, buttering techniques are recommended.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the Federal Government Department Public Services Economy and Engie for their financial support of the pre-normative research projects. Also, the industrial partners are gratefully acknowledged: NSSMC, Saltzgitter Mannesmann Stainless Tubes, Vallourec & Mannesmann Tubes, Böhler Welding Group (Soudokay), Metrode for delivering base material and filler metals, Cockerill Mechanical Industries, Stork Technical Services, Cofely Fabricom GDF Suez, VCL for welding, AIBVinçotte for nondestructive examination, and SIRRIS for chemical analysis.

Special thanks to Mr. M. Neyens (student at KUL University Leuven-MSc Welding Engineering) and to Dr. Ir. F. Vos (materials consult/KUL) as the author and copromoter/reviewer, respectively, of the Master thesis which supplied valuable input for the project.

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  1. Engie Lab-Laborelec, Linkebeek, Belgium

    S. Huysmans & C. Hautfenne

  2. BWI, Belgian Welding Institute, Ghent, Belgium

    J. Vekeman

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Huysmans, S., Vekeman, J. & Hautfenne, C. Dissimilar metal welds between 9Cr creep strength enhanced ferritic steel and advanced stainless steels—creep rupture test results and microstructural investigations. Weld World 61, 341–350 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40194-016-0414-9

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