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Martensitic steel pickling mistake

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chti

Materials
Apr 23, 2007
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Hi,

We have made a mistake in our product cycle during picling.
In fact, we have put martensitic steel in fluo notric acid bath instead a phosphoric bath during, 1 hour.
The material is an équivalent grade as X4CrNiMo16.5.1 (16%Cr, 4%Ni and near 2% of Mo).Austenizing ( 950 1080 °C) and quenching cool( T > 580°C)and it's forged parts for Nuclear application.
Thank you for your return and your esperience about this subject.Do you think it could be a problem for parts in a metallurigal point of view?and in the life cycle of parts?

Regards
 
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