Metallurgical characteristics of armour steel welded joints used for combat vehicle construction
Austenitic stainless steel (ASS) and High nickel steel (HNS) welding consumables are being used for welding Q&T steels, as they have higher solubility for hydrogen weboost splitter in austenitic phase, to avoid hydrogen induced cracking (HIC) but they are very expensive.In recent years, the developments of low hydrogen ferritic steel (LHF) consumab