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Correlation between Corrosion Films and Corrosion-Related Defects Formed on 316 Stainless Steel at High Temperatures in Pressurized Water

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The correlation between corrosion films and corrosion-related defects formed on 316 austenitic stainless steel exposed to 300 °C/10 MPa water for 50 h, 100 h, 200 h and 500 h was characterized by x-ray absorption spectroscopy, grazing incidence x-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy/energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and positron annihilation spectroscopy. The corrosion results showed that the oxide films formed were composed of hematite (Fe2O3/Cr2O3) and spinel (FeCr2O4). At the initial corrosion stage, the deposition of these oxide films was accompanied by the formation of abundant corrosion-related defects. As the corrosion duration increased, the formation of more spinel in the oxide films led to a decrease in the density of corrosion-related defects.

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This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (11775236). The authors gratefully acknowledge Mr. Peng Zhang and Prof. Baoyi Wang from IHEP, CAS for their discussion of PAS experimental results. Experimental assistance on XAS processing from Dr. Jiaou Wang (IHEP, CAS) is greatly appreciated.

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  2. Multi-disciplinary Research Division, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049, China

    Jiawei Wu, Yu Chen, Xingzhong Cao & Shuoxue Jin

  3. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China

    Xingzhong Cao & Shuoxue Jin

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Wu, J., Qiao, Y., Chen, Y. et al. Correlation between Corrosion Films and Corrosion-Related Defects Formed on 316 Stainless Steel at High Temperatures in Pressurized Water. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 30, 3577–3585 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-021-05688-2

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