Experimental Determination of the Primary Solidification Phase dependency on the solidification velocity for 17 different austenitic stainless steel compositions

Birthe Nørgaard Laursen, Flemming Ove Olsen, John Yardy, Torben Funder-Kristensen

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    Abstract

    When studying laser welding of austenitic stainless steel, hot cracking is frequently observed. To prevent hot cracking in laser welded stainless steel it is advantageous to obtain primary solidification of the ferrite phase that subsequently, on cooling, transforms in the solid state to the austenite phase.Most stainless steels are weldable by conventional welding techniques. However, during laser weldng the solidification velocities can be very much higher than by conventional welding techniques. By increasing the solidification velocity to a critical value known as the transition velocity, the primary solidification phase is found to change from ferrite to austenite.A novel laser remelting technique has been modified to enable the transition velocity for laser welded austenitic stainless steels to be deermined experimentally and on the basis of results from 17 different alloy compositions an equation for the calculation of the transition velocity from alloy composition is proposed.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings
    Publication date1997
    Publication statusPublished - 1997
    EventThe First ASM European Conference on Welding and Joining Science Technology - Madrid, Spain
    Duration: 10 Mar 199712 Mar 1997
    Conference number: 1

    Conference

    ConferenceThe First ASM European Conference on Welding and Joining Science Technology
    Number1
    Country/TerritorySpain
    CityMadrid
    Period10/03/199712/03/1997

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