Synergistic effect of residual stress and phosphorus grain-boundary segregation on embrittlement of coarse-grained heat-affected zone in a novel Ni-Cr-Mo reactor pressure vessel steel
Engineering Failure Analysis(2022)
摘要
SA508Gr.4N steel is a novel Ni-Cr-Mo low-alloy steel for the new-generation reactor pressure vessel. Herein, a coarse-grained heat-affected zone (CGHAZ) in a P-doped SA508Gr.4N steel is simulated using Gleeble thermal cycling simulation with a peak temperature of 1320 degrees C under a heat input of 100 kJ cm(-1). For the as-simulated specimen, due to the synergistic effect of high residual stress and P grain-boundary segregation, the fracture appearance changes in the order of ductile fracture to intergranular fracture, and then to cleavage fracture with decreasing impact temperature. With the residual stress relieved by annealing at 620 degrees C, the specimen toughens to a certain extent even after ageing at 560 degrees C, causing a decrease in ductile-to-brittle transition temperature (DBTT), although the boundary cohesion declines to a certain degree owing to the increase of P segregation. Simultaneously, the intergranular-to-cleavage fracture transition temperature (ICFTT) shifts to a lower temperature below -190 degrees C, enabling the specimen to exhibit intergranular fracture even at -190 degrees C. With the ageing temperature lowered to 500 degrees C, the boundary segregation of P is raised to a high level, leading to a large increase in DBTT and a further decrease in ICFTT. Accordingly, the synergistic effect of residual stress and P boundary segregation affects the fracture nature of CGHAZ, thereby making fracture appearance have different characteristics. A mechanism diagram for the above effect is proposed based on the experimental results.
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RPV steels,Embrittlement,Heat-affected zone,Ductile-to-brittle transition,Grain boundary segregation
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