Duplex steel and PRE value

Duplex steel and PRE value


To evaluate the ability of duplex stainless steel to resist pore  (point) corrosion in a chloride environment, the equivalent pitting  resistance (PRE) PRE =% Cr + 3.3% Mo + 16% N

Super Duplex Stainless Steel: Duplex steel with PREN> 40, containing 25%  Cr and high molybdenum (> 3.5%) and high nitrogen (0.22% ~ 0.30%).  The main grades are UNS S32550 (UR52N +), S32750 2507) and S32760 (Zeron 100).

Super  duplex stainless steel: refers to the further increase of chromium, molybdenum, nitrogen content in steel to obtain higher strength and more  excellent corrosion resistance, PRE value of nearly 50 super duplex  stainless steel. Such as SAF2707 HD and SAF 3207 HD.

In the development of duplex and super duplex stainless steel, some  problems such as physical metallurgy encountered have drawn people's  attention.

1,  the amount of Cr% + Mo% steel should be greater than or equal to 21%,  in order to prevent cold forming caused martensitic transformation  leading to the decline of steel (corrosion) performance. Domestic research to improve the 18-5 duplex stainless steel (Cr + Mo  content of 21%, N content of 0.07% and 0.10%) cold deformation on the  amount of martensite and steel corrosion resistance showed that.


The formation and increase of the amount of martensite will reduce the  stress corrosion resistance and pitting corrosion resistance of this  steel.
 
2.  In order to increase the corrosion resistance of duplex stainless  steel, the thermal stability of duplex stainless steel caused by Cr% +  Mo% greater than or equal to 35% should be decreased when the content of  chromium and molybdenum should be increased. The intermetallic phase  precipitates Resulting in plasticity, toughness, thermal processing and welding  process, and corrosion resistance deterioration to take the necessary  precautions.

Nitrogen is a very useful and important element, but adding a large amount of nitrogen will cause chromium nitride
And  the precipitation along the grain boundary, resulting in intergranular  corrosion and other corrosion damage and toughness decline in the amount  of nitrogen in steel exceeds the amount of solid solution in the steel  solidification process due to the release of nitrogen will cause a lot  of waste; if in order to improve Nitrogen  in steel solid solubility, adding a large amount of manganese, the  resulting damage caused by the formation of manganese sulfide should  also be assessed.



Post time: Dec-07-2017