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Development of a duplex stainless steel for dry storage canister with improved chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking resistance

  • Chaewon Jeong (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Ji Ho Shin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Byeong Seo Kong (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Junjie Chen (Institute of Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University) ;
  • Qian Xiao (Shanghai Institute of Applied Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) ;
  • Changheui Jang (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology) ;
  • Yun-Jae Kim (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Korea University)
  • Received : 2023.09.22
  • Accepted : 2024.01.14
  • Published : 2024.06.25
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Abstract

The chloride-induced stress corrosion cracking (CISCC) is one of the major integrity concerns in dry storage canisters made of austenitic stainless steels (ASSs). In this study, an advanced duplex stainless steel (DSS) with a composition of Fe-19Cr-4Ni-2.5Mo-4.5Mn (ADCS) was developed and its performance was compared with that of commercial ASS and DSS alloys. The chemical composition of ADCS was determined to obtain greater pitting and CISCC resistance as well as a proper combination of strength and ductility. Then, the thermomechanical processing (TMP) condition was applied, which resulted in higher strength than ASSs (304L SS and 316L SS) and better ductility than DSSs (2101 LDSS and 2205 DSS). The potentiodynamic polarization and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS) results represented the better pitting corrosion resistance of ADCS compared to 304L SS and 316L SS by forming a better passive layer. The CISCC tests using four-point loaded specimens showed that cracks were initiated at 24 h for 304L SS and 144 h for 316L SS, while crack was not found until 1008 h for ADCS. Overall, the developed alloy, ADCS, showed better combination of CISCC resistance and mechanical properties as dry storage canister materials than commercial alloys.

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Acknowledgement

This study was mainly supported by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of the MSIT of the Republic of Korea as the Nuclear R&D Program (2019M2D2A2050927).

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