Creep strength degradation of ASME P23T23 steels.pdf

CK a b a A R R A K L L C F 1 e e e s p l p t o i a P c p i s a h o o d T 0 dMaterials Science and Engineering A 513–514 (2009) 128–137 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Materials Science and Engineering A journa l homepage: www.e lsev ier .com/ locate /msea reep strength degradation of ASME P23/T23 steels . Sawadaa,?, M. Tabuchia, K. Kimurab Materials Reliability Center, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan Materials Data Sheet Station, National Institute for Materials Science, Japan r t i c l e i n f o rticle history: eceived 29 October 2008 eceived in revised form 14 January 2009 ccepted 19 February 2009 a b s t r a c t Creep behavior of ASME P23/T23 steels was investigated and analyzed, focusing on creep strength degra- dation in the long-term. Creep rupture strength at 898 and 923K dropped in the long-term in both P23 and T23 steels. The stress exponent ofminimumcreep rate at 898 and 923Kwas 7.8–13 for higher stresses and 3.9–5.3 for lower stresses in the P23/T23 steels. The change of stress exponent with stress levels was consistent with the drop in creep rupture strength in the long-term. The Monkman–Grant rule was con-eywords: ow alloy steel ong-term creep reep deformation racture mode firmed in the range examined in P23 steel, while the data points deviated from the rule in the long-term in the case of T23 steel. The creep ductility of P23 steelwas high over awide stress and temperature range. On the other hand, in T23 steel, creep ductility at 898 and 923K decreased as time to rupture increased, and then recovered again in the long-term. Fracture mode changed from transgranular to intergranular fracture in the long-term at 898 and 923K. At 923K, the rapid tertiary creep was observed under lower parinstresses in T23 steel, com . Introduction Modernultra supercritical (USC)powerplantswithhigh thermal fficiency have been realized due to development of creep strength nhanced ferritic steels. The development of creep strength nhanced ferritic