Assessment of material thermal history in elevated temperature components
- CISE SpA, Segrate (Italy)
- ENEL CRAM, Milan (Italy)
The extraction replica technique provides a valuable nondestructive metallographic tool both for monitoring microstructural changes caused by material aging and for quantitatively assessing the thermal history of material in components operating in creep regime. It has been, in fact, verified that the chemical composition of carbides collected on replicas is correlated both to temperature and to time of exposure of the material. In this report, the in-field application of the replica technique is described, focusing on the quantitative evaluation of exposure temperature of a 2{1/4}Cr1Mo steel. The validity of the technique has also been verified for 9--12% Cr ferritic steels after long-term creep exposure in laboratory tests; also in this case, on the basis of the available data, a correlation between the Cr/Fe ratio in M{sub 23}C{sub 6} carbide and the Larson-Miller parameter appears promising.
- OSTI ID:
- 409664
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9505386--
- Journal Information:
- Materials Characterization, Journal Name: Materials Characterization Journal Issue: 4-5 Vol. 36; ISSN 1044-5803; ISSN MACHEX
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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