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Elevated Temperature, Solid-State Cracking in Welds

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A number of elevated-temperature, solid-state cracking phenomena are associated with welded fabrication. These include ductility dip cracking which generally occurs during multipass welding, and reheat cracking which is usually associated with postweld heat treatment. Reheat cracking includes stress relief cracking of steels, strain-age cracking of Ni-base alloys, and relaxation cracking of stainless steels and Ni-base alloys. This paper describes the mechanism associated with each of these forms of cracking and methods to avoid such cracking. Weldability tests that can be used to quantify susceptibility to the various forms of cracking will also be described.

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    Note that Alloy 800 is often considered a Ni-base alloy, even though the nominal Fe content is higher than the Ni content.

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This paper reflects the contributions of many graduate students and postdocs who I have had the pleasure of interacting with at Ohio State University. These individuals include Dr. Antonio Ramirez, Dr. Nathan Nissley, Mr. Matt Collins, and Dr. Seth Norton. Much of this paper was excerpted from a book entitled Welding Metallurgy and Weldability published by John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

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Lippold, J.C. (2016). Elevated Temperature, Solid-State Cracking in Welds. In: Boellinghaus, T., Lippold, J., Cross, C. (eds) Cracking Phenomena in Welds IV. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28434-7_12

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