TY - JOUR A1 - Burkert, Andreas A1 - Lehmann, Jens A1 - Burkert, Annette A1 - Mietz, Jürgen T1 - Damage of stainless steel bars due to atmospheric corrosion N2 - In addition to constructional requirements in civil engineering stainless steels often have to fulfil high visual demands. Unexpected impairments of the visual appearance of stainless steels under low corrosive conditions are a widespread problem today. Frequently it is supposed that this is caused by changes in the alloy composition, worse environmental conditions or improper handling. Within a research project the systematic investigation of several cases of damaged stainless steel bars has shown that the reasons are based on well-known material defects like chemical inhomogeneities (e.g. precipitations or local carburization) or geometrical defects (e.g. undercuts, rolling defects or shell formation). Thus, the failures could be clearly identified as production failures of the respective semi-finished products. KW - Atmospheric corrosion KW - EPR test KW - Failure KW - Intercrystalline corrosion KW - Stainless steel KW - Nichtrostender Stahl KW - Werkstoffauswahl KW - Dauerhaftigkeit KW - Korrosion PY - 2012 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1002/maco.201005701 SN - 0947-5117 SN - 1521-4176 VL - 63 IS - 3 SP - 264 EP - 270 PB - Wiley-VCH Verl. CY - Weinheim AN - OPUS4-25702 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -