Stainless Steels: An Introduction and Their Recent Developments

Author(s): Joseph Ki Leuk Lai, Kin Ho Lo and Chan Hung Shek

DOI: 10.2174/978160805305611201010090

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The Various Precipitate Phases in Stainless Steels

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Abstract

SHS investigation development is considered from the geographical and historical viewpoint. 3 stages are described. Within Stage 1 the work was carried out in the Department of the Institute of Chemical Physics in Chernogolovka where the scientific discovery had been made. At Stage 2 the interest to SHS arose in different cities and towns of the former USSR. Within Stage 3 SHS entered the international scene. Now SHS processes and products are being studied in more than 50 countries.

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This chapter gives an overview of the various precipitate phases that can form in the different classes of stainless steels. Besides the phases that are well-studied, a newly discovered phase, called the J phase, is also introduced. The conditions under which the different phases will form, the problems they cause, the methods for alleviating these problems, and the new methods for the detection of the various phases are presented.

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Sigma phase, chi phase, martensite, carbide, J phase, G phase, Z phase, electron domain, S phase, spinodal decomposition, 475°C embrittlement, austenite, ferrite, intermetallic, sensitization.

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