Tensile properties and microstructure of additively manufactured Grade 91 steel for nuclear applications

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2021-02-01

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Eftink, Benjamin P.
Vega, Daniel A.
El Atwani, Osman
Sprouster, David J.
Yoo, Yung Suk J.
Steckley, Todd E.
Aydoğan Güngör, Eda
Cady, Carl M.
Al-Sheikhly, Mohamad
Lienert, Thomas J.
Maloy, Stuart A.

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© 2020 Elsevier B.V.Laser powder bed additively manufactured Grade 91 composition steel was investigated in comparison to wrought Grade 91 steel in terms of microstructure and mechanical properties. As-deposited additively manufactured Grade 91 steel had a microstructure of lower bainitic regions surrounded by martensite. This is significantly different from the typical tempered martensitic microstructure of conventionally produced Grade 91 steel. The as-deposited additively manufactured material had excellent tensile mechanical properties with greater strength than the wrought material at room temperature, 300 and 600°C showing excellent promise for nuclear applications. Retention of strength at 300 and 600°C for the as-deposited additively manufactured material was attributed to transitional carbides in the lower bainitic regions. The additively manufactured material was also investigated in the tempered as well as normalized and tempered conditions, each showing decreased strength at elevated temperature than the as-deposited material.

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Nuclear and High Energy Physics, General Materials Science, Nuclear Energy and Engineering

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https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69925

Journal

Journal of Nuclear Materials

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2020.152723

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Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Article

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B. P. Eftink et al., “Tensile properties and microstructure of additively manufactured Grade 91 steel for nuclear applications,” Journal of Nuclear Materials, pp. 0–0, 2021, Accessed: 00, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://hdl.handle.net/11511/69925.