Non-equilibrium Grain-boundary Segregation of Phosphorus in an Fe-17Cr Alloy

In order to confirm the segregation characteristic of phosphorus in an Fe-17Cr alloy at grain boundary, the phosphorus segregation was obtained by Auger electron spectroscopy. The results show that a maximum phosphorus segregation appeared at 450 °C for all specimens aged for 30 min at 350, 400, 450, 500, and 600 °C after being solution-treated at 1000 °C for 1 h. These results were analyzed by the characteristics of segregation peak temperature of non-equilibrium segregation.