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Title: Microstructural Effects on Creep-Fatigue Life of Alloy 709

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1404723· OSTI ID:1404723
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  1. Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

Creep-fatigue tests were performed on plates of Alloy 709 from various heats and processing conditions, but often with inhomogeneous microstructures. After testing, metallographic analysis was performed and the specimens were generally found to either have a uniform grain size or a bimodal grain size distribution with either isolated or groups (bands) of large grains. Creep-fatigue life was characterized with respect to the length of the grain boundary perpendicular to the stress axis, and it was found that large grains (>400 μm) tended to be detrimental to creep-fatigue life, with the exception of elongated (parallel to the stress axis) grains and some specimens that underwent additional annealing.

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC07-05ID14517
OSTI ID:
1404723
Report Number(s):
INL/EXT-17-41079; TRN: US1801156
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English