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The discrete microstructural characterization and the formation of stainless steel layer on mild steel where produced in cladding deposits, and fusion boundary region were investigated using tungsten inert gas (TIG) arc, high current pulsed arc and constricted plasma arc. The experimental procedure involved making bead-on-plate method for controlled travel speed, employing filler metal by using tungsten inert gas arc, pulsed current gas tungsten arc and transferred plasma arc, with subsequent sectioning and examination of the reaction interface. For TIG arc cladding, using filler metal of small diameter the deposit does not become stainless steel, but on using 3.2 mm diameter filler metal it becomes stainless steel with less than 50% dilution. For pulsed arc cladding, the complete stainless steel is not obtained on account of the existence of an incomplete mixture, particularly at the fusion boundary region. However, on using a large diameter filler metal at a pulse frequency of 500 Hz, the complete stainless steel microstructure has been accomplished. The plasma arc cladding can be achieved in such a way that the conversion into stainless steel on the mild steel surface — which is the microstructures of cellular austenite in cladding deposit and cellular dendritic austenite containing δ or σ-phase in fusion boundary region — is possible irrespective of the melt penetration and the dilution. The following conditions were found to be beneficial for the formation of stainless steel microstructure layer on the mild steel: using large diameter filler metal, below 50% dilution, and further rendering arc localized and constricted.
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Ishida, T. Formation of stainless steel layer on mild steel by welding arc cladding. J Mater Sci 26, 6431–6435 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387825
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02387825