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Heat affected zone and weld metal analysis of HARDOX 450 and ferritic stainless steel double sided TIG-joints

  • Tanju Teker

    Prof. Dr. Tanju Teker, born in 1971, works in the University of Sivas Cumhuriyet, Faculty of Technology, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Sivas, Turkey. He graduated in Metallurgy Education at Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1997. He received his MSc and PhD at Firat University, Elazig, Turkey in 2004 and 2010, respectively. He studied metal coating techniques, fusion welding methods, casting, solid state welding methods and materials.

     EMAIL logo     and Denizer Gencdogan

    Denizer Gençdoğan, born in 1991, graduated from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2014. He received his MSc degrees at Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey in 2020. He is currently studying at the Pazarcık Aksu Vocational and Technical Anatolian School, Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş. His research interests comprise welding processes.
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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 63 Issue 10

Abstract

In this study, AISI 430 and HARDOX 450 grade steel are joined using a double-sided tungsten inert gas welding process. The microstructural properties of weld metal and HAZ were evaluated by optical microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, electron back scatter diffraction, elemental mapping, and X-ray diffraction analysis. As the results showed, an increase in welding current caused a large increase in the heat input to the welding pool, the penetration depth and the bead size. AISI 430 steel with Cr and Ni mixed with HARDOX 450 created new phases in the weld metal such as Cr7C3, Cr3Ni3, C23C6, matensite, Cr1.36 Fe0.52. The quantity and compound of martensite and carbides depended on the welding heat output and cooling degree.

Keywords: Ferritic stainless steel; HARDOX 450; DSAW; microstructure; EBSD
Prof. Dr. Tanju Teker University of Sivas Cumhuriyet Faculty of Technology Department of Manufacturing Engineering 58140, Sivas, Turkey

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Tanju Teker

Prof. Dr. Tanju Teker, born in 1971, works in the University of Sivas Cumhuriyet, Faculty of Technology, Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Sivas, Turkey. He graduated in Metallurgy Education at Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 1997. He received his MSc and PhD at Firat University, Elazig, Turkey in 2004 and 2010, respectively. He studied metal coating techniques, fusion welding methods, casting, solid state welding methods and materials.

Denizer Gencdogan

Denizer Gençdoğan, born in 1991, graduated from Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey, in 2014. He received his MSc degrees at Adıyaman University, Adıyaman, Turkey in 2020. He is currently studying at the Pazarcık Aksu Vocational and Technical Anatolian School, Pazarcık, Kahramanmaraş. His research interests comprise welding processes.

Acknowledgement

This study was supported by ADYUBAP under project number (MÜFYL/2019-001).

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-0022
Keywords for this article
Ferritic stainless steel; HARDOX 450; DSAW; microstructure; EBSD

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Materials testing for joining and additive manufacturing applications
  3. Forming mechanism and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir lap welds of 304 austenitic stainless steel to a Ti6Al4V alloy
  4. Microstructure, mechanical and corrosion properties of nickel superalloy weld metal
  5. Mechanical testing/Materialography
  6. Impression creep behavior of Babbitt alloy SnSb8Cu4
  7. Metallurgical investigations
  8. Simulation of boronizing kinetics of AISI 316 steel with an integral diffusion model
  9. Mechanical Testing
  10. Mode-I interlaminar fracture of aramid and carbon fibers reinforced epoxy matrix composites at various SiC particle contents
  11. Corrosion Testing
  12. High temperature corrosion behavior of 430 ferrite stainless steel in a molten sulfur environment
  13. Materials testing for joining and additive manufacturing applications
  14. Heat affected zone and weld metal analysis of HARDOX 450 and ferritic stainless steel double sided TIG-joints
  15. Mechanical testing/numerical simulations
  16. Effect of patch dimension and fiber orientation on non-linear buckling of hybrid composites
  17. Production-oriented testing
  18. Quality optimization and process capability analysis of ring spun Supima cotton yarn
  19. Analysis of physical and chemical properties
  20. Comparison between acidic electroless deposited Cu, Ni coating and a physical vapor deposited (PVD) Al coating on an acrylonitrile– butadiene–styrene (ABS) substrate
  21. Wear testing
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  24. Mechanical and Tribological characteristics of AA6082/ZrB2 composites
  25. Analysis of physical and chemical properties
  26. Vibration damping capacity of a rotating shaft heat treated by various procedures
  27. Component-oriented testing and simulation
  28. Long-term ring stiffness of fiberglass-reinforced plastic mortar pipes
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