454 CORROSION-RESISTANT MATERIALS: STAINLESS STEELS

1st pass

2nd pass

Figure P18.1

PROBLEMS

18.1 Two welds are made at 90° to each other in a stabilized-grade stainless
steel (e.g., alloy 321), as shown in Figure P18.1. Indicate the locations
where knife-line attack is expected.
18.2 Is sensitization expected to be more serious in SAW or GTAW of 304
stainless steel and why?
18.3 Sketch the concentration profiles of TiC and M23C6 across the HAZ
from the fusion line in of a 321 stainless steel (Ti-stabilized) weld sub-
jected to a postweld sensitization heat treatment at 650°C.
18.4 Rate 410, 420, and 440 stainless steels in the decreasing order of H-
cracking susceptibility and explain why.