TY - JOUR A1 - Kauss, N. A1 - Rosemann, Paul A1 - Halle, T. T1 - Age-hardening behaviour, microstructure and corrosion resistance of the copper alloyed stainless steel 1.4542 T2 - IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering N2 - The copper alloyed stainless steel 1.4542 (X5CrNiCuNb16-4) is used in different areas due to its good mechanical properties and corrosion resistance. Strength and corrosion resistance can be adjusted by the heat treatment, which is of importance for the application of this alloy. The mechanical properties (strength and hardness) are attributed to the dispersive precipitation of the copper rich ε–Phase. The additional precipitation of chromium carbides can reduce the corrosion resistance. Different ageing states were produced to investigate the precipitation behaviour with various methods. Furthermore, the influence of cold-rolling on the precipitation behaviour was studied in comparison to a solution annealed state without deformation. The microstructure was studied by SEM and the variations of hardness and magnetic proportion were characterised. The electrochemical potentiodynamic reactivation (EPR) was used to determine the corrosion resistance and detect chromium depletion in all heattreated states. The results show that a work hardening accelerates the precipitation rate, while ageing at 600 °C reduces the corrosion resistance due to chromium depletion. PB - Institute of Physics CY - London T2 - WTK2018 CY - Chemnitz DA - 14.03.2018 KW - Corrosion KW - Corrosion resistance KW - Corrosion testing KW - EPR KW - Heat treatment KW - Stainless steel PY - 2018 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-bam/frontdoor/index/index/docId/45248 AN - OPUS4-45248 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:kobv:b43-452482 SN - 1757-899X SN - 1757-8981 VL - 373 SP - Article 012020, 1 EP - 9 AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany