Effect of Different Heat Sensitization Temperature On Type 304 Stainless Steel.

UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

EFFECT OF DIFFERENT HEAT SENSITIZATION TEMPERATURE ON TYPE 304 STAINLESS STEEL

This report submitted in accordance with requirement of the Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) for the Bachelor Degree of Manufacturing Engineering

(Engineering Materials) with Honours.

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EVALUATION ON THE EFFECT OF VARYING

MANGANESE (Mn) COMPOSITION TOWARDS AISI 304

AND 316 MICROSTRUCTURE AND HARDNESS

TAY SHIN YOON

UNIVERSITI TEKNIKAL MALAYSIA MELAKA

BORANG PENGESAHAN STATUS LAPORAN PROJEK SARJANA MUDA

TAJUK: Effect of Different Heat Sensitizaton Temperature on type 304 Stainless Steel

SESI PENGAJIAN: 2009/2010

Saya TAY SHIN YOON(B050610149)

mengaku membenarkan Laporan PSM ini disimpan di Perpustakaan Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) dengan syarat-syarat kegunaan seperti berikut:

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APPROVAL

This report is submitted to the Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering of UTeM as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering (Manufacturing Material) with Honours. The member of the supervisory committee is as follow:

(Signature of Supervisor)

APPROVAL

This report is submitted to the Faculty of Manufacturing Engineering of UTeM as a partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering (Manufacturing Material) with Honours. The member of the supervisory committee is as follow:

(Signature of Priciple Supervisor)

……… (Official Stamp of Principle Supervisor)

DECLARATION

I hereby, declared this thesis entitled “ Effect of Different Sensitization Temperature on type 304 Stainless Steel” is the results of my own research except as cited in

references.

Signature : ……….

Author’s Name : TAY SHIN YOON

ABSTRACT

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ABSTRAK

DEDICATION

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

First of all, I would like to express my gratitude to Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM) for the opportunity to pursue study in Bachelor of Manufacturing Engineering (Manufacturing Material) and to conduct and complete this “Projek Sarjana Muda”. UTeM has provided many facilities such as machines and equipments to aid the success of this project.

Very special thanks to my supervisor Dr. Zulkifli Mohd. Rosli for his guidance, encouragement and contribution in this project. He has given me useful advices and motivation when I encountered problems and willingly shares the knowledge regarding this project.

TABLE OF CONTENT

2.3 Austenitic stainless steel 7

2.4 AISI 304 stainless steel 10

2.5 Corrosion 10

2.5.1 Classification of corrosion 11

2.5.2 Type of corrosion 11

2.5.3 Causes of intergranular corrosion on austenitic stainless steel 11 2.6 Result studies on microstructure and mechanical properties of AISI 304

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stainless steel 13

2.6.2 Sensitization study of Normalized 316L Stainless Steel 14 2.6.3 The size of the sensitization zone in 304 Stainless Steel welds 15 2.6.4 Pitting corrosion behaviour of Austenitic Stainless Steels-combining

effects of Mn and Mo additions. 15

2.6.5 Effect of Mo and Mn addition on the Corrosion behaviour of AISI 304

and 316 Stainless Steel in H2SO4 16

2.6.6 Analyze from Microstructure, Corrosion and Mechanical Properties

of 304 Stainless Steel containing copper, silicon and nitrogen 16 2.6.7 Effect of solution treatment conditions on the sensitization of

austenitic stainless steel 17

2.6.8 XRD analysis of carbide phase n heat resistant steels 17 2.6.9 Microstructure and tribological behaviour of nano-structured

metal matrix composite boride coatings synthesized by combined laser

and sol gel technology 17

2.6.10 Austenitic stainless steel layer deposited by laser cladding on a

mid steel realization and characterization. 18

2.6.11 Mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of burnished

X5CrNi 18-9 stainless steel. 18

2.6.12 Austenitic stainless steels layer deposited by laser cladding

on a mild steel realization and characterization. 19 2.6.13 Electrochemical evaluation of stainless steel in acidified sodium

chloride solution 19

2.6.14 Susceptibility to localized corrosion of stainless steel and

NiTi endodontic instruments in irrigating solution. 19 2.6.15 Effect of low temperature aging of type 316L austenitic stainless

weld metal on transformation of ferrite phase. 20

2.6.16 Effect of H2SO4 addition on the corrosion behaviour of

AISI 304 austenitic stainless steel in methanol. 21

2.7 Mirostructure 23

2.7.2 Sulfides 23

3.2 Heat sensitizing process 35

3.3 Sample Preparation 36

3.5 Microindentation Hardness Testing 39

3.5.1 Sample preparation 39

4.2.1 Result of microstructure 42

4.2.2 Comment 46

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4.4Hardness 51

4.4.1 Hardness of type 304 stainless steel without any heat treated 51 4.4.2 Hardness of type 304 stainless steel with heat treated at 600ºC 51 4.4.3 Hardness of type 304 stainless steel with heat treated at 700ºC 51

4.4.4 Comment 52

4.5 Corrosion result 53

4.5.1 Information and calculation from Figure 4.8 53

4.5.2 Information and calculation from Figure 4.9 54

4.5.3 Information and calculation from Figure 4.10 55

4.5.4 Comment 57

4.5.5 Comparison of repassivation potential 57

4.5.6 Comparison of corrosion potential and current density 58

4.5.7 Comparison of pitting potential 60

5.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 61

5.1 Conclusion 61

5.2 Recommendations 62

REFERENCES 63

LIST OF TABLES

2.1 Composition of 304 stainless steel 10

3.1 Parameters for microindentation hardness testing 29

3.2 Vivker;s hardness value 40

4.1 Hardness value (original) 51

4.2 Hardness value (600ºC) 51

4.3 Hardness value (700ºC) 51

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LIST OF FIGURES

2.1 Austenitic stainless steel 13

2.2 The magnified of sensitization 15

2.3 Aging for 1000 hours 20

2.4 Optical microstructure of 304 stainless steel with different soaking time 26 2.5 Type 304 stainless steel etched with aqueous 10% ammonium persulfare 27

2.6 Delta ferrite 27

2.7 Carbide 28

2.8 Type 304 stainless steel etched with 20% NaOH 28

2.9 Austenitic grain boundaries of 304 stainless steel 29 2.10 Grain boundaries carbide etched with Ralph’s reagent 29 2.11 Grain boundaries carbide etched by 10% ammonium persulfate 30

3.1 Process flow 1 33

4.1 304 stainless steel with no heat treated 39

4.2 304 stainless steel with heat treated for 600ºC 44 4.3 304 stainless steel with heat treated for 700ºC 45

4.4 Original (chromium carbide) 46

4.5 600ºC (chromium carbide) 47

4.6 700ºC (chromium carbide) 49

4.8 Cyclic polarization result for original 52

4.9 Cyclic polarization result for 600ºC 53

4.10 Cyclic polarization result for 700ºC 53

4.11 Combination of cyclic polarization result 55

4.12 Comparison of repassivation potential 55

4.13 Comparison of corrosion potential 57

4.14 Comparison of current density 57

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

SEM - Scanning Electron Microscope EDX - Energy Dispersive X-ray SS - Stainless steel

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials International ASM American Society for Metals

Mn - Manganese

CHAPTER 1

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Project overview

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removed from the alloy adjacent to the grain boundaries and the resulting alloy does not have enough chromium content to remain passive. There is a very unfavourable anode/cathode area ratio and rapid attack can occur. Besides that, understanding the applications and properties of type 304 stainless steel is also needed in order to be more understand the purpose of this project. Stainless steel is high alloy steel which has been added by some elements in order to improve its properties such as resistance to corrosion. Stainless steel can be divided into three groups which are austenitic, ferritic and martensitic. The names of these classes reflect the microstructure of which the steel is normally composed. Type 304 stainless steel is austenitic grade. Austenitic stainless steels are non-magnetic non heat-treatable steels and FCC metal. In austenitic steels the grain boundaries are narrow straight lines. Grade 304 is the basic 18-8 alloy (18% chromium, 8% nickel) and most common of the 300 series with the excellent corrosion resistance in most applications. 304 stainless steel is especially suited for all types of dairy equipment such as milking machines, containers, homogenizer, sterilizers, storage tanks, piping, milk truck and railroad cars.

1.2 Problem statement

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1.3 Objective

I. To study the effect of different sensitizing heat treatment process for type 304 stainless steel on microstructure.

II. To study the effect of different sensitizing heat treatment process for type 304 stainless steel on hardness.

III. To study the effect of different sensitizing heat treatment process for type 304 stainless steel on corrosion.

1.4 Scope

I. The microstructures of the specimens are obtained by optical microscope. II. The hardness of the specimens is test by Vicker hardness test machine. III. Use XRD to determine the characteristic and crystal structure of that metal. IV. Cyclic potential dynamic is use to obtain the corrosion level of the specimen.

1.5 Organization of report

This report is divided into six chapters which are Introduction, Literature Review, Methodology, Results, Discussion, and Conclusion.

I. Introduction

II. Literature Review

This chapter contains the sources find out from book, journal, articles and internet source. Any information which is related to this project is studied and summarized.

III. Methodology

This chapter contains the experimental procedure of this project. A flow chart of this project will be shown in this chapter.

IV. Results & Discussion

This chapter contains some table, figure and graph which is plotted base on the result obtained during lab session. Besides that, this chapter also presents the most important results and commenting on results. Moreover, the result obtained from the lab session and the theoretical results are compared. In addition, the results obtained are concluded.

V. Conclusion

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CHAPTER 2

LITERATURES REVIEW

2.1 Introduction

This literature review is to find out all the necessary information and unknown knowledge in the research of the effect of different sensitization temperature towards AISI 304 stainless steel microstructure, corrosion and hardness. The objective of literature review is to use the sources found out to support the research. The sources found out will explain the properties and the effect of different sensitizing temperature toward microstructure, corrosion and hardness of AISI 304 stainless steel. The sources include book, journal, articles and internet sources.

2.2 Stainless Steel