Effect of Cold Work on the Corrosion Resistance of an Austenitic Stainless Steel

Oxidation model for construction materials in supercritical water—Estimation of kinetic and transport parameters

“…The use of these stainless steels in nuclear applications is due to good corrosion resistance and good mechanical properties at operating temperatures [54]. In addition to their excellent behaviour in current NPP conditions, austenitic stainless steels have been reported to have adequate oxidation and creep resistance in SCW conditions with certain limitations [14,26,[55][56][57][58][59][60][61][62]. The candidate fuel cladding alloys considered for the Canadian, EU and Japanese SCWR designs are shown in Table 6 [14].…”

“…fire tubes in conventional coal-fired plants [88]. Modification of the material surface by changing the grain structure through effect on the corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steels in SCW by increasing Cr transport to the sample surface [27,28,40,45,56]. A series of 316 stainless steel coupon and tube specimens were studied with different surface conditions as described in Publication III and V. To study further the effect of cold working and manufacturing procedure on Type 316 alloys, coupon and tube specimens with either polished or machined surfaces were prepared.…”