Abstract
Three 304L austenitic stainless steel feedwater heater (FWH) tubes used in pressurized water reactors (PWRs) were investigated in this study. By comparing metallurgical differences, such as microstructural features, micro-hardness, and circumferential residual stress of the failed and non-failed FWH tubes by stress corrosion cracking (SCC), factors which could affect SCC..... More

Abstract
In the present study, the correlation of microstructural factors with yield ratio and uniform elongation was investigated in API X80 linepipe steels with different microstructures by varying thermomechanical control process conditions. The grain size and microstructure fraction of the API X80 linepipe steels were quantitatively measured by EBSD analysis and then..... More