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Acta Metall Sin  2021, Vol. 57 Issue (6): 725-735    DOI: 10.11900/0412.1961.2020.00239
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Effect of Tool Rotation Speed on Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Processed 2507 Duplex Stainless Steel
CHEN Guo1,2, WANG Xinbo1,2, ZHANG Renxiao1,2, MA Chengyue1,2, YANG Haifeng1,2, ZHOU Li1,2(), ZHAO Yunqiang3
1.State Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding and Joining, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China
2.Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Special Welding Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology at Weihai, Weihai 264209, China
3.Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Advanced Welding Technology, China-Ukraine Institute of Welding, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510651, China
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CHEN Guo, WANG Xinbo, ZHANG Renxiao, MA Chengyue, YANG Haifeng, ZHOU Li, ZHAO Yunqiang. Effect of Tool Rotation Speed on Microstructure and Properties of Friction Stir Processed 2507 Duplex Stainless Steel. Acta Metall Sin, 2021, 57(6): 725-735.

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Abstract  

Duplex stainless steel with its exceptional corrosion resistance, mechanical properties, and proficient weldability has been widely used in ships and bridges, as well as petrochemical and seawater desalination industries. Friction stir processing (FSP) does not only induce dynamic recrystallization of the material but also achieves the purpose of repairing the crack automatically, which markedly improves the mechanical properties of duplex stainless steel. Thus, FSP is particularly useful for crack repair of duplex stainless steel structures. In the present study, microstructure, mechanical property, and corrosion property of FSP 2507 duplex stainless steel were investigated. FSP was performed at a constant welding speed of 100 mm/min and tool rotation speeds of 200, 300, 400, 500, and 600 r/min using a tungsten-rhenium-based tool. Due to the thermal and mechanical effects in the processing, the section of the processing zone can be divided into the thermo-mechanically affected zone (TMAZ) and the stir zone (SZ). Only under the sufficient parameters of thermoplastic flow, the internal faultless processing zone was obtained. In accordance with the increased tool rotating speed, the grain size of the SZ initially decreased and then increased. Processing heat cycle and stress deformation had an insignificant influence on the proportion of ferrite and austenite phases in the processing zone, and the ferrite content still remained between 40% and 60% in the standard specification. The σ phase was determined at the bottom of the processing zone, namely at the tool rotation speed of 200 r/min due to the low heat input. Microhardness distribution of the processing zone demonstrated a basin-like morphology, and the largest hardness value appeared at the bottom of the advanced side of the SZ, corresponding to the smallest grain size of the SZ. As the tool rotating speed increased, the longitudinal tensile strength of the SZ increased initially and then decreased, contrary to the elongation. According to the results of potentiometric polarization and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, the refinement of grain enhanced the stability, compactness, and repassivation performance of surface passivation film. The corrosion resistance of the upper surface in the SZ exceeded that of the base material, rendering it more useful. When the tool rotation speed was 400 r/min, the SZ had the optimal corrosion properties.

Key words:  duplex stainless steel      friction stir process      precipitation phase      mechanical property      corrosion property     
Received:  06 July 2020     
ZTFLH:  TG453.9  
Fund: Key Research and Development Program in Shandong Province(2017CXGC0811);Science and Technology Plan Project of Guangzhou City(201704030038)
About author:  ZHOU Li, professor, Tel: (0631)5687196, E-mail: zhou.li@hit.edu.cn

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https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/10.11900/0412.1961.2020.00239     OR     https://www.ams.org.cn/EN/Y2021/V57/I6/725

Fig.1  Schematic of friction stir process
Fig.2  Schematic of sample interception (unit: mm; A—longitudinal tensile test sample, B—microstructure analysis and hardness test sample, C—corrosion test sample, RS—retreating side, BM—base material, TMAZ—thermo-mechanically affected zone, SZ—stir zone, AS—advancing side, ND—normal direction, WD—welding direction, TD—transverse direction)
Fig.3  Cross-sectional OM images of the processing zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds of 200 r/min (a), 300 r/min (b), 400 r/min (c), 500 r/min (d), and 600 r/min (e) and the locally enlarged morphologies of hole defects in the square areas in Fig.3a (f), Fig.3d (g), and Fig.3e (h)
Fig.4  EBSD images of microstructure of various zones in the processing zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at tool rotation speed of 400 r/min (LAGB—low angle grain boundary, HAGB—high angle grain boundary, CSL—coincidence site lattice)
Fig.5  OM images of microstructure of stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds of 200 r/min (a), 300 r/min (b), 400 r/min (c), 500 r/min (d), and 600 r/min (e)
Fig.6  Changes of grain size and ferrite fraction of stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds
Fig.7  Low (a) and locally high (b) magnified SEM images of precipitated phase at the bottom of the stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at tool rotation speed of 200 r/min
PositionCrNiMoFePossible phase
A24.897.702.28Bal.γ
B26.905.673.26Bal.α
C28.097.703.97Bal.σ
Table 1  EDS analyses of points A-C in Fig.7b
Fig.8  XRD spectra of the stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds
Fig.9  Hardness distributions of processing zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds of 200 r/min (a), 300 r/min (b), 400 r/min (c), 500 r/min (d), and 600 r/min (e)
Fig.10  Longitudinal tensile properties of stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds
Fig.11  SEM images of fracture morphologies of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds of 200 r/min (a), 300 r/min (b), 400 r/min (c), 500 r/min (d), and 600 r/min (e) and BM (f)
Fig.12  Surface polarization curves of base material and stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds (E—potential, i—current density)
SampleEcorr / Vicorr / (10-7 A·cm-2)ipass / (10-5 A·cm-2)Epit / V
BM-0.598.261.941.09
200 r·min-1-0.734.451.041.12
300 r·min-1-0.405.600.971.11
400 r·min-1-0.532.720.681.18
500 r·min-1-0.551.930.931.20
600 r·min-1-0.602.951.081.21
Table 2  Extraction of characteristic values of surface polarization curve of stir zone at different tool rotation speeds
Fig.13  Electrochemical impedance spectroscopies of base material and stir zone of friction stir processed 2507 duplex stainless steel at different tool rotation speeds (Z—real part of impedance, Z''—imaginative part of impedance, f—frequency, φ—phase angle)
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