Effect of stress magnitude on pit growth rate of 304 austenitic stainless steel in chloride environments

Jae Yoon Jeong, Chae Won Jeong, Yun Jae Kim, Chang Heui Jang

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    Abstract

    In this study, a corrosion pit test using notched bar specimens was conducted to investi-gate the effect of stress magnitude on the pit growth rate. To produce the notched bar specimens, 304 austenitic stainless steel was used, which is a material used for spent nuclear fuel canisters. Furthermore, three levels of stresses were generated using different notch radii. The corrosion pits were quantitatively measured through scanning electron microscopy and analyzed by finite element analysis. Based on experimental data, the pit growth rate model is suggested in terms of the stress and exposure time.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article number1415
    JournalMetals
    Volume11
    Issue number9
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2021 Sept

    Bibliographical note

    Funding Information:
    Acknowledgments: This work is supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (MSIT) (NRF-2019M2D2A2048296).

    Publisher Copyright:
    © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.

    Keywords

    • Austenitic stainless steel
    • Pit growth rate
    • Stress magnitude effect

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • General Materials Science
    • Metals and Alloys

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