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Title: Hydrogen-induced cracking in pure iron

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OSTI ID:5106358

The modulus and internal friction of Armco iron were continuously measured during cathodic charging with hydrogen to investigate crack initiation and growth. The observed modulus decrease was attributed to crack initiation and growth. The internal friction increase during cathodic charging was attributed to plastic deformation accompanying the crack formation. Both the modulus and internal friction behavior were found to be a sum of two parallel exponential processes. The two exponential processes were consistent with different sources of carbon for the crack-producing hydrogen bubble nucleation.

Research Organization:
Denver Univ., CO (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-81ER10958
OSTI ID:
5106358
Report Number(s):
CONF-8506125-11; ON: DE86002078
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference on internal friction and ultrasonic attenuation in solids, Urbana, IL, USA, 3 Jun 1985
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English