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1 Introduction
The austenitic Fe-Al-Mn alloys have recently attracted considerable interest of the researchers for use as substitutes for
the conventional Cr-Ni stainless steels. The A1 and Mn replace
Cr and Ni, respectively in the Cr-Ni stainless steels. The FeAl-Mn alloys are cheaper than Cr-Ni stainless steels since Cr
and Ni are considered to be expensive and strategic materials
in some countries. These new alloys have a low density and
good oxidation resistance due to their A1 content. The representative Fe-Al-Mn alloys that have been investigated by the
researchers are Fe-lOA1-34.5Mn-0.76C and Fe-8A1-30Mn1.5Si-1.OC [l-21. The alloying elements C and Mn are known
to stabilize the austenitic structure which gives rise to good
high temperature mechanical properties. On the other hand,
A1 is a femte stabilizer and therefore its amounts must be
confined to certain limits. Addition of Si up to 2% increases
the oxidation resistance and mechanical strength of the alloys,
but decreases the austenite stability [2-31.
According to the Fe-Al-Mn phase diagrams [4], a brittle
p-Mn phase could be present in the alloys containing more
than 35% Mn. Wang and Beck [5] obtained a similar finding
and reported that the formation of @-Mn phase could be
avoided in alloys containing 20 to 30% Mn. The optimal composition of Fe-Al-Mn alloy having good mechanical properties
should contain about 8-10% A1 and 25-30% Mn [6].
The oxidation resistance of Fe-Al-Mn alloys has been
reported by S u e r et al. [7]. They showed that the alloys containing 1to 2% Si have good oxidation resistance at 850C due
to the formation of a continuous alumina layer. However, the
corrosion resistance of Fe-Al-Mn alloys in aqueous environments is little known. Wang and Beck [5] have compared the
polarization curves of Fe-1OAl-30Mn-Si alloy and 18Cr-9Ni-Ti
stainless steel in seawater. Their preliminary results showed
that the corrosion rate of Fe-1OAl-30Mn-Si alloy is somewhat
Institute of Materials Science & Engineering, National Sun Yat-Sen
University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
2 Experimental
The Fe-8.7A1-29.7Mn-l.UC alloy was prepared by melting
high purity iron, aluminium, and manganese in a laboratory
induction furnace. It was then cast into a steel mold. The cast
ingot was hotforged at 1200C into a billet. This billet was
homogenized at 1100C for 12 hours, air cooled and subsequently cold-rolled to 2 mm thick plates. The tensile specimens having a gauge length of 30 mm were machined from the
billet with the specimens axis parallel to the direction of rolling. After final machining, the tensile specimens were solution-treated at 1050"C for 2 hours and subsequently quenched
into oil upon removal from the furnace. The gauge length of
the specimen was abraded down to 600 grit, it was then
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4 Summary
The susceptibility of Fe-8.7A1-29.7Mn-l.MC alloy to SCC
in a 20% sodium-chloride solution (100C) was tested by a
slow strain technique. The results showed that at the open
circuit potential, a strain of 2.8 X lO-/s was slow enough to
prevent dimpled fracture, and lead to a transgranular SCC.
Anodic polarization above the open circuit potential effectively increases the SCC resistance of the alloy investigated. In
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5 Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank Prof. C. M. Wan of National
Tsing Hua University for kindly providing the alloy investigated. This work was supported by the National Science Council under grant number NSC 74-0201-E110-01.
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(Received: 06.08.1985)
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