What is the permissible limit of low melting impurities like Zn, Al, Cu, V, Na & Sn in AISI 321 steel. What is the impact of these impurities on mechanical properties of AISI 321 if these impurities are present in this grade?
It is reported in literature that carbon steel is generally satisfactory for storage tank for sulfuric acid at or above 98%. Which grade of carbon steel is promising for this purpose?
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Literature recommends that carbon steel is the appropriate material for storage of concentrated sulfuric acid (above 98%) at ambient temperature. But usage of grade A36 as material of construction...
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Low melting point metals like Zn, Cu, Al, Sn etc form intermetallic compounds when present in austenitic stainless steel. Can anyone tell about the maximum permissible limit of these impurities...
03 April 2016 9,876 3 View
Martensite formation in AISI 321 depends upon the chemical composition, SFE, Md30 temperature and % age of cold work. The Md30 temperature of a given AISI 321 steel according to the equation...
03 April 2016 5,930 1 View
which etchant gives good results in order to reveal the microstructure of AISI 321 stainless steel?
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I am working on evolution of microstructure and texture of magnesium based alloys during heavy reduction. I need to know the role of Σ5a ,Σ17a, Σ19a and Σ27a, CSL boundaries in terms of dynamic...
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Grain coarsening of a specific magnesium alloy during tensile testing has been observed which not only increased the hardness of the material but very surprisingly the texture got weaker. Please...
31 December 2013 8,929 6 View
Does the Hall-Petch relation of finer the grain size higher the hardness hold to all Mg alloys? If some Mg alloys show reverse Hall-Petch relation, what could be the reasons?
08 September 2013 6,573 6 View
I am trying to simulate vehicular loading on an orthotopic steel deck bridge section in ABAQUS software. The red arrow mark in the attached figure indicates the direction in which the vehicle will...
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I have modelled a steel structure using beam elements in Abaqus and attached to this structure reinforced concrete slab. The analysis that I am making is heat transfer of the structure. The...
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Suggest one of them 1. Teflon-lined stainless steel autoclave: 2. Alumina (Al2O3) ceramic container
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The catalytic effect of retained austenite refers to the phenomenon wherein quenching steels with a small amount of retained austenite, when subjected to tempering at a specific temperature...
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Please investigate the effect of temperature and strain rate of hot deformation and the formation of delta ferrite in martensitic stainless steel 410?
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I have tried to saturate ferritic steel with hydrogen using the electrolytic method and H2SO4. However, the effect was very poor even after 3 days of "saturation". Can anybody help in choosing a...
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I am simulating interlocking / dry stacked masonry in Abaqus. I am using a friction coefficient of 0.6 for my model as it is stated in the previous research as well as in the base paper. The...
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In the expression for solid solution strengthening model that has been widely used in the literature use a linear form consisting of strength coefficient, and concentration of elements in wt.%....
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Dear colleagues, I'm currently modelling a simple 4-point bending test of a concrete beam in Abaqus. However, the load-displacement curve was ascending (without final point), which didn't match...
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Dear colleagues, I'm researching some methods of measuring the moisture of iron pellets and iron concentrate in the steel industry (especially non-contact methods). If you have any information...
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