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Research Status of Ductility-Dip Crack Occurring in Nuclear Nickel-Based Welding Materials |
YU Chun1, XU Jijin1, WEI Xiao2, LU Hao1( ) |
1.School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China 2.Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment, Inc. (AMEC), Shanghai 201201, China |
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YU Chun, XU Jijin, WEI Xiao, LU Hao. Research Status of Ductility-Dip Crack Occurring in Nuclear Nickel-Based Welding Materials. Acta Metall Sin, 2022, 58(4): 529-540.
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Abstract Nickel-based alloys and their welding materials have been the key materials in establishing key nuclear equipment due to their excellent corrosion-resistance and high-temperature mechanical properties. Therefore, the welding quality of nickel-based alloys is greatly responsible for the safe service of nuclear plants. However, ductility-dip crack (DDC) was commonly observed in the heat-affected zone during multipass welding. DDC is hard to detect by common nondestructive testing due to the micro‐size of the crack (approximately 100 μm in length). Hence, the high‐temperature DDC problem is a potential threat to the safety of nuclear plants. In this paper, the development of nuclear-level nickel-based alloys and their welding materials is reviewed. To solve the stress corrosion cracking occurring in the welding joint of Inconel 600, Inconel 690 was developed. However, a new reliability problem, DDC, was introduced. Researchers in the world developed Inconel 52, Inconel 52M, and Inconel 52MSS gradually from the design of the chemical components, and the DDC sensibility decreased. Presently, the DDC problem has not been solved completely. The evaluation methods of DDC were introduced, the cracking mechanisms were summarized, and the factors affecting the DDC were analyzed on the view of chemical components and microstructure. In conclusion, the research on DDC has been prospected briefly.
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Received: 13 December 2021
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About author: LU Hao, professor, Tel: (021)34202548, E-mail: luhao@sjtu.edu.cn
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