The chloride stress corrosion properties are combined together. It is these superior properties that make duplex stainless steel develop rapidly as a weldable structural material. Since the 1980s, it has become one of the martensitic, austenitic and ferritic stainless steels.
The comprehensive mechanical properties are good. It has high strength and fatigue strength, and the yield strength is twice that of 18-8 type austenitic stainless steel. The elongation in the solid solution state reaches 25%, and the toughness value AK (V-notch) is above 100J.
Good weldability, small tendency of hot cracking, generally do not need preheating before welding, no heat treatment after welding, can be welded with 18-8 type austenitic stainless steel or carbon steel and other dissimilar types.
Duplex stainless steel
The hot working temperature range of duplex stainless steel containing low chromium (18%Cr) is wider than that of 18-8 type austenitic stainless steel, and its resistance is small. It can be directly rolled to produce steel plate without forging. The hot working of duplex stainless steels containing high chromium (25%Cr) is slightly more difficult than that of austenitic stainless steels, and products such as plates, tubes and wires can be produced.
The work hardening effect of cold working is greater than that of 18-8 type austenitic stainless steel. In the initial stage of deformation of the tube and plate, a large stress is required to deform.
Compared with austenitic stainless steel, the thermal conductivity is large and the linear expansion coefficient is small, which is suitable for lining of equipment and production of composite plates. It is also suitable for making the tube core of heat exchanger, and the heat exchange efficiency is higher than that of austenitic stainless steel.
There are still various brittle tendencies of high-chromium ferritic stainless steel, which should not be used in working conditions higher than 300°C. The lower the chromium content in duplex stainless steel, the less harmful the brittle phase such as σ is.
