Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Austenitic Stainless Steels: 2nd Edition
A special issue of Crystals (ISSN 2073-4352). This special issue belongs to the section "Crystalline Metals and Alloys".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 42
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Interests: mechanical behaviors; microstructure characterization; deformation mechanisms; alloying design; microstructural control; structural materials for nuclear system
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Following the successful first edition of this Special Issue of Crystals, we are pleased to announce that submissions to its second edition, entitled “Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Austenitic Stainless Steels: 2nd Edition”, are now being accepted.
Austenitic stainless steels constitute about 70% of stainless steel production, and are widely used in many industrial fields (e.g., chemical, petrochemical, fertilizer, food, medical and nuclear) owing to their excellent corrosion resistance, superior mechanical properties and good workability. To meet the requirements of extreme operating environments such as cryogenic temperature, higher temperature, higher operating pressure, severe corrosive environment, radiation environment and longer lifetime, the continuing development of austenitic stainless steels is still underway. Currently, promising methods including novel alloying design, processing techniques and fabrication techniques are proposed to further improve the mechanical properties.
This Special Issue titled ”Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Austenitic Stainless Steels” aims to highlight recent progress in microstructural modification and mechanical properties improvement in austenitic stainless steels. The submitted contributions include but are not limited to the following topics:
- Alloying design and microstructural control strategies for high-performance austenitic stainless steels;
- Microstructure and mechanical properties of austenitic stainless steels prepared by novel fabrication process routes;
- Two- and three-dimensional characterization of microstructural evolution under service-exposed conditions, including temperature, load, corrosive, radiation, etc.;
- Insight into deformation mechanisms under service-exposed conditions;
- Understanding mechanical properties degradation under service-exposed conditions;
- Advances in the service life prediction evaluation of austenitic stainless steels.
Dr. Shenghu Chen
Dr. Qingsong Pan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- austenitic stainless steel
- microstructure characterization
- mechanical properties
- alloying design
- microstructural control
- novel fabrication process routes
- microstructural evolution
- deformation mechanism
- service life prediction evaluation
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