“…[2][3][4] Such demand can be achieved by raising the operating temperatures and pressures of the plant, but to withstand more severe service conditions, new materials with superior long term creep and thermal fatigue properties are needed for boiler and turbine components. 5) Several ferritic steels containing 9-12%Cr, including the P92 grade, have been developed and widely used for operating temperatures up to 620°C because their excellent combination of mechanical, thermal and oxidation-resistant properties as well as void swelling resistance, [6][7][8] acceptable room temperature properties 9,10) and also good toughness, weldability and hot workability. 11,12) Microstructural investigations support that the high creep strength of P92 grade has a complex structure with a large amount of effective barriers to dislocation movement: a lath structure inside the prior austenite grains, fine dispersion of small second phase particles, high dislocation density, and the presence of elements in solid solution.…”