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Effects of low-temperature aging on AISI 444 steel

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The consequences of aging at 400 and 475 °C on the mechanical properties, corrosion resistance, and magnetic properties of the ferritic stainless steel (SS) AISI 444 were investigated. Age hardening was measured as a function of aging time at both temperatures and was found to be more intense at 475 °C. The localized corrosion susceptibility increased, while the impact toughness decreased with aging time. These two effects were also more important at 475 °C. Unlike duplex SSs, AISI 444 did not present any variation in coercive force or Curie temperature with aging time. The effects on the Mössbauer spectra were also determined and analyzed.

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  1. Departmento de Engenharia Mecânica/Laboratório De Caracterização De Materiais, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Campus do Pici, Bloco 714, 60455-760, Fortaleza-CE, Brazil

    José A. Souza, Hamilton F. G. Abreu & Alex M. Nascimento

  2. Departmento de Física, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

    José A. C. de Paiva

  3. Departmento de Química Analítica e Físico-Química, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, Brazil

    Pedro de Lima-Neto

  4. Departamento de Engenharia Mecânica/Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil

    Sérgio S. M. Tavares

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Souza, J.A., Abreu, H.F.G., Nascimento, A.M. et al. Effects of low-temperature aging on AISI 444 steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 14, 367–372 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1361/10599490524020

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