Research Article

Determination of Susceptibility to Intergranular Corrosion of UNS 31803 Type Duplex Stainless Steel by Electrochemical Reactivation Method: A Comparative Study

Table 2

The phase volume percentages obtained from digital image analysis.

Heat treatmentAgeing time
(min)
Ferrite phase
(vol. %)
Austenite phase (γ + γ 2)
(vol. %)
Sigma phase
(vol. %)

Solution annealed at 1050°C, 1 hr 54.55 45.45 0

Solution annealed at 1050°C, 1 h +
aged at 800°C
100 49 46.4 4.6
316 26.7 51.3 22
1000 1.8 54.5 43.7
3162 0.7 55 44.3
10000 0 55 45
31622 0 55 45