Nonlinear ultrasonic characterization of precipitation in 17-4PH stainless steel

Kathryn H. Matlack; Harrison A. Bradley; Sebastian Thiele; Jin Yeon Kim; James J. Wall; Hee Joon Jung; Jianmin Qu; Laurence J. Jacobs

doi:10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.11.001

Nonlinear ultrasonic characterization of precipitation in 17-4PH stainless steel

Kathryn H. Matlack
, Harrison A. Bradley
, Sebastian Thiele
, Jin Yeon Kim
, James J. Wall
, Hee Joon Jung
, Jianmin Qu
, Laurence J. Jacobs

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
Georgia Institute of Technology
Electric Power Research Institute
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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Abstract

This research is part of a broader effort to develop a nondestructive evaluation technique to monitor radiation damage in reactor pressure vessel steels, the main contributor being copper-rich precipitates. In this work, 17-4PH stainless steel is thermally aged to study the effects of copper precipitates on the acoustic nonlinearity parameter. Nonlinear ultrasonic measurements using Rayleigh waves are performed on isothermally aged 17-4PH. Results showed a decrease in the acoustic nonlinearity parameter with increasing aging time, consistent with evidence of copper precipitation from hardness, thermo-electric power, transmission electron microscopy, and atom probe tomography measurements.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	8-15
Number of pages	8
Journal	NDT and E International
Volume	71
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ndteint.2014.11.001
State	Published - Apr 2015

Keywords

Nonlinear
Nonlinear ultrasonic methods
Precipitate hardening
Rayleigh waves
Thermal embrittlement

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