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    Weld Decay

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    Weld decay is a form of intergranular corrosion that occurs in stainless steels and some nickel alloys due to sensitization caused by welding. The corrosion is restricted to the heat affected zone where welding temperatures caused chromium carbides to precipitate along grain boundaries, depleting chromium and making the zone susceptible to corrosion. Identification requires microscopy, but parallel lines can sometimes be seen visually in the heat affected zone. Chromium carbide precipitation during welding induces weld decay by consuming chromium from grain boundaries in the heat affected zone.

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    Weld decay is a form of intergranular corrosion that occurs in stainless steels and some nickel alloys due to sensitization caused by welding. The corrosion is restricted to the heat affected zone where welding temperatures caused chromium carbides to precipitate along grain boundaries, depleting chromium and making the zone susceptible to corrosion. Identification requires microscopy, but parallel lines can sometimes be seen visually in the heat affected zone. Chromium carbide precipitation during welding induces weld decay by consuming chromium from grain boundaries in the heat affected zone.

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    Weld decay is a form of intergranular corrosion that occurs in stainless steels and some nickel alloys due to sensitization caused by welding. The corrosion is restricted to the heat affected zone where welding temperatures caused chromium carbides to precipitate along grain boundaries, depleting chromium and making the zone susceptible to corrosion. Identification requires microscopy, but parallel lines can sometimes be seen visually in the heat affected zone. Chromium carbide precipitation during welding induces weld decay by consuming chromium from grain boundaries in the heat affected zone.

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    Weld decay is a form of intergranular corrosion that occurs in stainless steels and some nickel alloys due to sensitization caused by welding. The corrosion is restricted to the heat affected zone where welding temperatures caused chromium carbides to precipitate along grain boundaries, depleting chromium and making the zone susceptible to corrosion. Identification requires microscopy, but parallel lines can sometimes be seen visually in the heat affected zone. Chromium carbide precipitation during welding induces weld decay by consuming chromium from grain boundaries in the heat affected zone.

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    What is weld decay?

    Weld decay is a form of intergranular corrosion, usually of stainless steels or certain nickel-
    base alloys, that occurs as the result of sensitization in the heat-affected zone during the
    welding operation.

    The corrosive attack is restricted to the heat affected zone (HAZ). Positive identification of
    this type of corrosion usually requires microstructure examination under a microscopy
    although sometimes it is possible to visually recognize weld decay if parallel lines are already
    formed in the heat affected zone along the weld (see photo below).
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    Mechanisms

    weld decay,sensitization,chromium carbides,intergranular corrosion What causes weld


    decay? As in the case of intergranular corrosion, grain boundary precipitation, notably
    chromium carbides in stainless steels, is a well recognized and accepted mechanism of weld
    decay. In this case, the precipitation of chromium carbides is induced by the welding
    operation when the heat affected zone (HAZ) experiences a particular temperature range
    (550oC~850oC). The precipitation of chromium carbides consumed the alloying element -
    chromium from a narrow band along the grain boundary and this makes the zone anodic to
    the unaffected grains. The chromium depleted zone becomes the preferential path for
    corrosion attack or crack propagation if under tensile stress.

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