Fig. 32 Austenitic, twinned grain structure of 316L austenitic stainless steel (Fe-<0.03%C-17%Cr-12%Ni-2.5%Mo) that was hot rolled, solution annealed, cold reduced 30% in thickness, and solution annealed (1150 °C, or 2100 °F, for 1 h, water quenched). The specimen was tint etched More

Fig. 2 Procedures for joining austenitic stainless steel to stainless-clad carbon steel, carbon steel, and low-alloy steel. Stainless-clad, low-alloy, or carbon steel edges are beveled for welding (a and f). An overlay (or “buttering” layer) of stainless steel filler metal is applied More

Fig. 66 Slip/deformation bands in cryogenically deformed austenitic stainless steel. Traces of {111} planes parallel to bands are indicated. More

Fig. 57 Corrosion products observed on an austenitic stainless steel hip implant device. (a) View of the fracture surface showing a mud crack pattern (arrow) that obscures fracture details. (b) Surface after cleaning in acetone in an ultrasonic cleaner. Arrow points to region exhibiting More

Fig. 73 Fatigue crack appearance in an austenitic stainless steel specimen polished before fatigue loading, revealing slip lines on surfaces associated with crack formation and growth. Arrows indicate the direction of crack growth. 52× More

Fig. 3 Vibratory cavitation erosion of type 304 austenitic stainless steel. (a) Linear deformation features and boundary definition. (b) Material removal at upheaved grain boundary More

Fig. 6 Deep cavitation erosion of austenitic stainless steel weld overlay on a carbon steel turbine blade. Courtesy of T.J. Spicher More

Fig. 35 Inside surface of an austenitic stainless steel superheater tube showing a tight crack caused by stress corrosion. Arrows indicate ends of crack. More

Fig. 33 Fatigue striations in 18-8 austenitic stainless steel tested in rotating bending. (a) Fine striations were located midway between origin and final overload fracture, while (b) coarse striations were located closer to the overload area. Overall direction of crack growth in these SEM More

Fig. 40 Crystallographic fatigue of 18-8 austenitic stainless steel near fracture origin in rotating beam specimen. Global crack propagation direction from lower left to upper right in this SEM view More

Fig. 25 Austenitic stainless steel tube that was corroded where a fabric bag was taped to it. Courtesy of M.D. Chaudhari, Columbus Metallurgical Service More

Fig. 27 Local pitting produced when an austenitic stainless steel ball is fretted against an austenitic stainless steel flat in 0.1 N H 2 SO 4 More

Fig. 49 Zinc-induced LME in 321 austenitic stainless steel. Etched in Vilella's reagent More

Fig. 32 Austenitic stainless steel high-energy-rate forged extrusion. Forging temperature: 815 °C (1500 °F); 65% reduction in area; ε = 1.4 × 10 3 s −1 . (a) View of extrusion showing spiral cracks. (b) Optical micrograph showing the microstructure at the tip of one of the cracks More

Fig. 41 Thin-wall sand casting produced from austenitic stainless steel. ne section of the casting required two revisions in wall thickness to bring rejection rate to an acceptable level. Rejections were 50% with 1.52 mm (0.060 in.) wall, 25% with 1.91 mm (0.075 in.) and 5% with 2.29 mm (0.090 in.). More

Fig. 4 A thin-wall sand casting produced from austenitic stainless steel. One section of the casting required two revisions in wall thickness to bring rejection rate to an acceptable level. Rejections were 50% with 0.060-in. wall, 25% with 0.075-in., and 5% with 0.090-in. More

Fig. 29 Luebben et al. type 303 austenitic stainless steel probe with chamfered tip. All dimensions are in millimeters. Source: Ref 123 More

Fig. 42 (a) Fracture-strain data from type 304L austenitic stainless steel torsion tests and (b) estimated temperature changes during high-rate tests. Low-strain-rate ( ε ¯ ˙ = 0.01 s − 1 ) data are plotted versus the actual test temperature. High-strain-rate (10.0 s More

Fig. 2 Schematic diagram of the regions of a weld in austenitic stainless steel. Source: Ref 2 More

Fig. 15 Diagram of weld decay (sensitization) in an austenitic stainless steel weldment. Source: Ref 3 More