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Abstract
The current work presents the effects of post heat treatment atmosphere on microstructure, mechanical properties, and corrosion resistance of duplex stainless steel welded joints by arc welding. Post weld heat treatment (PWHT) was carried out with and without protective atmospheres. Nitrogen and argon are used as protective gases individually. Detailed microstructure examination (optical and SEM) demonstrates that nitrides precipitates are highly observed in the welded zones for nitrogen protected samples. An observed DROP of ferrite volume fraction in post weld heat treated samples compared with welded samples without heat treatment leading to corrosion resistance enhancement of heat treated welded joints. An exception for using nitrogen as heat treatment atmosphere a decreased corrosion resistance of weldments is investigated due to nitride precipitates. In addition, a decrease in the corrosion resistance was also observed in the weld zone of the as welded specimen without heat treatment due to the formation of secondary austenite. Furthermore, noticed an increase in the three zones combined corrosion resistance for post weld heat treated samples compared with as welded (W) sample. An increase in the weld zone hardness for post weld heat treated samples compared with base alloy. The initial hardness of duplex stainless steel was 286 Hv while average hardness of weld zone was 340, 411, 343, and 391 Hv for as welded, PWHT using air, argon, and nitrogen atmospheres, respectively. Weld zone hardness increased to 33, 44, 20, and 37%. A significant decrease in the ultimate tensile strength and elongation after PWHT. The initial Ultimate tensile strength duplex stainless steel base material was 734.9 MPa while Ultimate tensile strength of the welded joints was 769.3, 628.4, 737.8, and 681.4 MPa for the following conditions: as welded, PWHT using air, argon, and nitrogen atmospheres, respectively.