Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0349370

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0349370

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Improvement in Stress Corrosion Cracking Resistance of Stainless Steels in Environments Conducive to Localized Pitting Damage. Stress corrosion cracking (SCC) represents a serious threat to infrastructure exposed to chloride and caustic environments. The proposed project will characterize the chloride-SCC crack propagation parameters for a super duplex stainless steel, which is the material of construction for vessels for stripping vinyl chloride monomer in a PVC processing plant. Alarmingly high numbers the welds (nearly 50%) in the vessel had suffered extensive pitting (which is a well-known SCC initiator) and SCC cracking. For the mitigation measures, the project will also investigate pitting and SCC susceptibility of weldments of alternative varieties of stainless steels, such as Zeron 100.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-04-2004

End Date: 31-01-2010

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $145,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Alloy Materials | Industrial Engineering | Welding Technology | Materials Engineering

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Structural metal products | Plastics in primary forms | Industrial machinery and equipment |

Other Keywords

Alloy Materials | Industrial Engineering | Industrial machinery and equipment | Materials Engineering | Plastics in primary forms | Structural metal products | Welding Technology

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