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AS 2038—1977

Australian Standard
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METHODS FOR
DETECTING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF
AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS TO
INTERGRANULAR
CORROSION
The following scientific, industrial and governmental organizations and departments
were officialy represented on the committee entrusted with the preparation of this
standard:

Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia


Bureau of Steel Manufactures of Australia
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation
Department of Defence
Federated Chamber of Automotive Industries
Institute of Steel Service Centres of Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
Railways of Australia Committee
Society of Automotive Engineers—Australasia
Telecom Australia
University of New South Wales (School of Metallurgy)
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This standard, prepared by Committee MT/8, Metallography, was approved on behalf


of the Council of the Standards Association of Australia on 13 December 1976, and
was published on 1 July 1977.

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This standard was issued in draft form for public review as DR 75088.
AS 2038—1977

Australian Standard
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METHODS FOR
DETECTING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF
AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS TO
INTERGRANULAR
CORROSION

First publi shed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1977

PUBLISHED BY STANDARDS AUSTRALIA


(STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA)
1 THE CRESCENT, HOMEBUSH, NSW 2140
ISBN 0 7262 1223 7
AS 2038—1977 2

PREFACE

This standard was prepared by the Association’s Committee on Metallography to


provide intergranular corrosion testing procedures for austenitic stainless steels.
During the preparation of the standard the committee considered the following
documents:
ASTM A262 Recommended Practice for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular
Attack in Stainless Steels
JIS-G-0573 Method for Nitric Acid Test for Stainless Steels
JIS-G-0575 Method of Copper Sulphate-Sulphuric Acid Test for Stainless Steels
ISO 3651 Austenitic Stainless Steels—Determination of Resistance to
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Intergranular Corrosion
Part 1 Corrosion Test in Nitric Acid Medium by Measurement of
Loss of Mass (Huey Test)
Part 2 Corrosion Test in a Sulphuric Acid/Copper Sulphate
Medium in the Presence of Copper Turnings (Monypenny-
Strauss Test)
BS 970 Wrought Steels in the Form of Blooms, Billets, Bars and Forgings
Part 4 Stainless, Heat-resisting and Valve Steels.

The committee points out that whilst the methods included are intended to detect the
susceptibility of austenitic stainless steels to attack by intergranular corrosion, the
results obtained are not to be taken as a measure of performance of such materials in
other corrosive environments. The tests do not provide a basis for predicting resistance
to other forms of corrosion.

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3 AS 2038—1977

STANDARDS ASSOCIATION OF AUSTRALIA

Australian Standard
METHODS FOR DETECTING THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF
AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEELS TO
INTERGRANULAR CORROSION

1 SCOPE. This standard describes two procedures for detecting the susceptibility of
austenitic stainless steel products to intergranular corrosion, namely—
(a) the Huey test involving treatment in boiling nitric acid, and
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(b) the Monypenny-Strauss test involving contact with copper in the presence of
boiling copper sulphate/sulphuric acid solution.

2 DEFINITIONS. For the purpose of this standard, the following definitions apply:
Test sample—a portion of material or a group of items selected from a batch or
consignment by a sampling procedure.
Test specimen—a portion of material or a single item taken from the test sample
for the purpose of applying a particular test.
Test piece—a prepared piece for testing made from a test specimen by some
mechanical operation.

3 PREPARATION OF TEST PIECES.


3.1 Location and Size.
3.1.1 General. The location, size and number of test pieces shall be as specified in
the relevant product specification or as agreed between the contracting parties.
Unless otherwise specified, the requirements of Clauses 3.1.2 to 3.1.6 apply.
3.1.2 Location. Test pieces should be selected so that they are representative of the
surface of the product to be exposed in service.
Test pieces containing weld metal shall be cut so that not less than 10 mm of parent
metal are included on either side of the weld.
The proportion of the total area represented by the exposed cross-section may influence
the test results, as cross-sectional areas may be subject to end-grain attack in nitric
acid.
The proportion of end-grain in a test piece should be kept low unless such surfaces are
intended to be exposed to nitric acid in service. Test pieces should be proportioned so
that the cross-sectional area does not exceed half of the exposed area.
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AS 2038-1977, Methods for detecting the


susceptibility of austenitic stainless steels to
intergranular corrosion
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