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Title: Screening Test Results of Fatigue Properties of type 316LN Stainless Steel in Mercury

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/814357· OSTI ID:814357

Fully reversed, load-controlled uniaxial push-pull fatigue tests at room temperature have been performed in air and in mercury on specimens of type 316LN stainless steel. The results indicate a significant influence of mercury on fatigue properties. Compared to specimens tested in air, specimens tested in mercury had reproducibly shorter fatigue lives (by a factor of 2-3), and fracture faces exhibiting intergranular cracking. Preliminary indications are that crack initiation in each environment is similar, but mercury significantly accelerates crack propagation.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725
OSTI ID:
814357
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-13759; TRN: US200317%%179
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 20 May 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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