Stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of a reduced-activation martensitic steel F82H

In order to examine the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) susceptibility of reduced-activation ferritic/martensitic steel, F82H, slow-strain-rate-test (SSRT) was performed at various temperatures in oxygenated or hydrogenated water. Test specimens of F82H were heat-treated at various temperature conditions, or were cold-worked to simulate radiation hardening and machined to make single edge notch, or were neutron-irradiated at 493 K to 3.4 dpa. It was found that in unirradiated specimen, IGSCC occurred when specimen was normalized only, and TGSCC occurred when cold-worked (over 23%) and notched specimen was tested by SSRT at 573 K in oxygenated water. In irradiated specimen, TGSCC occurred, when SSRT was conducted at 573 K in hydrogenated (DH = 1 ppm) water or when the notched specimen was tested by SSRT at 573K in oxygenated (DO = 10 ppm) water.

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