Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1567179 | Journal of Nuclear Materials | 2011 | 7 Pages |
Abstract
14Cr-15Ni-Ti modified stainless steel alloyed with additions of phosphorus and silicon is a potential candidate material for the future cores of Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor. In order to optimise the titanium content in this steel, creep tests have been conducted on the heats with different titanium contents of 0.18, 0.23, 0.25 and 0.36Â wt.% at 973Â K at various stress levels. The stress exponents indicated that the rate controlling deformation mechanism was dislocation creep. A peak in the variation of rupture life with titanium content was observed around 0.23Â wt.% titanium and the peak was more pronounced at lower stresses. The variation in creep strength with titanium content was correlated with transmission electron microscopic investigations. The peak in creep strength exhibited by the material with 0.23Â wt.% titanium is attributed to the higher volume fraction of fine secondary titanium carbide (TiC) precipitates.
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Authors
S. Latha, M.D. Mathew, P. Parameswaran, M. Nandagopal, S.L. Mannan,