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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:53:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:09:35Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / No presente trabalho foi realizada uma análise de dois padrões de aço inoxidável ferrítico submetidos à ação de lasers pulsados, um no regime de nanosegundos e outro no regime de femtosegundos. Foram determinadas as temperaturas e densidades do plasma formado a partir da análise espectroscópica da radiação emitida em diferentes faixas espectrais, por diferentes espécies e em diferentes janelas de integração no tempo. As temperaturas foram obtidas de duas formas, pelo método do gráfico de Boltzmann e pela razão entre duas linhas. Os resultados foram comparados com o intuito de verificar se o método da razão conseguia recuperar os resultados obtidos pela abordagem do gráfico de Boltzmann. Foi observada uma grande concordância entre os dois métodos no regime de femtosegundos, ao passo que no regime de nanosegundos a recuperação das temperaturas não foi tão satisfatória. A densidade eletrônica do plasma foi determinada a partir do alargamento Stark e verificou-se que o plasma gerado pelo laser de nanosegundos era mais denso que aquele gerado no regime de femtosegundos. As densidades determinadas sob diferentes janelas de integração do sinal no tempo foram também comparadas sendo que aquelas relativas aos estágios iniciais do plasma eram maiores que aquelas de estágios finais. Com a obtenção das temperaturas e das densidades foi possível caracterizar totalmente o plasma e compará-lo com outros plasmas naturais e artificiais. / Dissertacao (Mestrado) / IPEN/D / Instituto de Pesquisas Energeticas e Nucleares - IPEN-CNEN/SP

The master thesis deals with processes of segregation in austenitic-ferritic stainless steels. The introductory part consists of characteristics features of austenitic-ferritic steels and theoretical analysis of segregation processes. The second part shows practical measurements of segregation in experimental casting. Macrosegregation was measured on a spectrometric analyzer and simultaneously solved in the simulation program MAGMA. The aim of this thesis is to verify the effect of solidification time and dwell time between liquidus and solidus temperature on the chemical heterogeneity of duplex stainless steel casting of about 500 [mm]. Chemical heterogeneity was solved for selected alloying and accompanying elements such as C, Mo, Ni, Mn, Cr. The microsegregation was not addressed. Comparison of the mechanical properties of cast and heat treated duplex steel was done by tensile testing of samples cut from the center of the casting.

Materials to be used in thermal power plants have to resist creep deformation for time periods up to 30 years. The role of alloying elements for creep strength of 9-12% Cr steels is analysed. The creep strength in these steels relies on minor additions of alloying elements. Precipitates give rise to the main strengthening and remaining elements produce solid solution hardening. Nucleation, growth and coarsening of particles are predicted by thermodynamic modelling. Phase fractions and size distributions of M23C6 carbides, MX carbonitrides and Laves phase are presented. The size distributions are needed in order to determine the particle hardening during creep. At elevated temperatures the climb mobility is so high that the dislocations can climb across particles instead of passing by making Orowan loops. By solving Fick's second law the concentration profile around a moving dislocation can be determined. The results show an accumulation of solutes around the dislocation that slows down dislocation movement. When Laves phase grows a decrease in creep strength is observed due to a larger loss in solid solution hardening than strength increase by particle hardening. Solid solution hardening also gives an explanation of the low dislocation climb mobility in 9-12% Cr steels. Three different dislocation types are distinguished, free dislocations, immobile dislocation and immobile boundary dislocations. This distinction between types of dislocations is essential in understanding the decreasing creep with strain during primary creep. The empirical relation with subgrain size inversely proportional to stress has been possible to predict. The total creep strength can be predicted by adding the contribution from individual mechanisms. / QC 20101112

In this thesis, the heat affected zone (HAZ) of Gleeble simulated welds, the weldments and the creep specimens for several types of 9%-12% Cr ferritic steels were studied by focusing on the Type IV cracking in the fine grained zone (FZ). The field emission gun transmission electron microscopy (FEGTEM) and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) were used to measure the phosphorus segregation on the grain boundary (GB) and the creep fracture morphologies respectively. Meanwhile the well-developed grain boundary segregation and precipitation (GBSP) model was applied to simulate the experimental results. The experimental results have showed that the HAZ zone was characterised by softening and Type IV cracking. All the high Cr ferritic steel welds gave a microstructure of mainly tempered martensite and M23C6 precipitates after the post weld heat treatment (PWHT). There was no δ-ferrite observed in the HAZ. The Type IV cracking exhibited a mixed cracking mechanism in which the intergranular grain boundary separation is dominant due to the crack initiation by voids and the faster M23C6 growth with the service time. A new model on the mechanism of the Type IV cracking is established. The FEGTEM research has also showed obvious non-equilibrium phosphorus segregation at the grain boundaries, which is affected significantly by the quenching temperature. The phosphorus GB segregation deteriorates the weak grain boundaries. The experimental results were well in agreement with the GBSP modelling.

The formation of nano–sized precipitates is considered to be the origin of hardening and embrittlement of ferritic steel used as structural material for pressure vessels of nuclear reactors, since these nanoclusters hinder the motion of dislocations within the grains of the polycrystalline bcc–Fe matrix. Previous investigations showed that these small precipitates are coherent and may consist of Cu, Ni, other foreign atoms, and vacancies. In this work a combination of on–lattice simulated annealing based on Metropolis Monte Carlo simulations and off–lattice relaxation by Molecular Dynamics is applied in order to determine the structure, energetics and thermodynamics of coherent clusters in bcc–Fe. The most recent interatomic potentials for Fe–Cu–Ni alloys are used. The atomic structure and the formation energy of the most stable configurations as well as their total and monomer binding energy are calculated. Atomistic simulation results show that pure (vacancy and copper) as well as mixed (vacancy-copper, copper-nickel and vacancy-copper-nickel) clusters show facets which correspond to the main crystallographic planes. Besides facets, mixed clusters exhibit a core-shell structure. In the case of v_lCu_m, a core of vacancy cluster coated with copper atoms is found. In binary Cum_Ni_n, Ni atoms cover the outer surface of copper cluster. Ternary v_lCu_mNi_n clusters show a core–shell structure with vacancies in the core coated by a shell of Cu atoms, followed by a shell of Ni atoms. It has been shown qualitatively that these core–shell structures are formed in order to minimize the interface energy between the cluster and the bcc-Fe matrix. Pure nickel consist of an agglomeration of Ni atoms at second nearest neighbor distance, whereas vacancy-nickel are formed by a vacancy cluster surrounded by a nickel agglomeration. Both types of clusters are called quasi-cluster because of their non-compact structure. The atomic configurations of quasiclusters can be understood by the peculiarities of the binding between Ni atoms and vacancies. In all clusters investigated Ni atoms may be nearest neighbors of Cu atoms but never nearest neighbors of vacancies or other Ni atoms. The structure of the clusters found in the present work is consistent with experimental observations and with results of pairwise calculations. In agreement with experimental observations and with recent results of atomic kinetic Monte Carlo simulation it is shown that the presence of Ni atoms promotes the nucleation of clusters containing vacancies and Cu. For pure vacancy and pure copper clusters an atomistic nucleation model is established, and for typical irradiation conditions the nucleation free energy and the critical size for cluster formation have been estimated. For further application in rate theory and object kinetic Monte Carlo simulations compact and physically–based fit formulae are derived from the atomistic data for the total and the monomer binding energy. The fit is based on the structure of the clusters (core-shell and quasi-cluster) and on the classical capillary model.

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Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T12:54:28Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Made available in DSpace on 2014-10-09T14:07:42Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 / Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal investigar o comportamento frente à corrosão de aços inoxidáveis avançados em meios fisiológicos. Foram selecionados para o estudo quatro aços inoxidáveis visando avaliar o potencial destes para aplicações em implantes cirúrgicos: um aço superferrítico (DIN W. Nr. 1.4575), a Incoloy MA 956, contendo alumínio e óxido de ítrio, um aço austenítico DIN W. Nr. 1.4970 e um aço superaustenítico obtido por meio da adição de 0,87% de nitrogênio ao aço dúplex DIN W. Nr. 1.4460. Os três primeiros aços contêm baixo teor de níquel e suas películas protetoras são ricas em cromo, enquanto a Incoloy MA 956 é isenta de níquel, e rica em alumínio, o que influencia o seu filme passivo. Os materiais foram analisados usando técnicas de espectroscopia de impedância eletroquímica (EIE), polarização potenciodinâmica, técnica do eletrodo vibrante, microscopia eletroquímica de varredura, microscopia eletrônica de varredura de emissão de campo, microscopia ótica e microscopia eletrônica de varredura. Os meios escolhidos para avaliação da resistência à corrosão foram a solução de Hanks, um meio de cultura e uma solução tamponada com fosfato. Os resultados de EIE foram interpretados usando circuitos elétricos equivalentes que simularam uma camada passiva dúplex em todos os materiais analisados. Todos os materiais analisados apresentaram resistência à corrosão superior à do aço inoxidável AISI 316L, correspondente ao ASTM F-138, que é o mais utilizado na fabricação de implantes metálicos. Também foi destacada a importância do tratamento de solubilização nos aços com alto teor de nitrogênio. O DIN W. Nr. 1.4970 foi considerado citotóxico e sua potencialidade para uso como biomaterial, rejeitada. O DIN W. Nr. 1.4575 e Incoloy MA 956 podem ser usados como biomateriais, mas somente em próteses odontológicas ou de fácil remoção, devido ao seu comportamento ferromagnético. O DIN W. Nr. 1.4460 com 0,87% de nitrogênio foi o que apresentou as condições mais apropriadas para uso como biomaterial, inclusive para próteses ortopédicas. / Tese (Doutoramento) / IPEN/T / Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN/CNEN-SP