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Title: Cracking of duplex stainless steel due to dissolved hydrogen

Abstract

Ferallium 255 duplex stainless steel was cathodically precharged with hydrogen at 265 C in a molten salt electrolyte. Sustained load tests were carried out in air at 0 C, 25 C and 50 C with average hydrogen contents from 3 to 15 wt ppm. The DC potential drop method was calibrated with optical measurements to continuously monitor the crack position and allow calculation of crack velocity and stress intensity. The crack velocity vs stress intensity (K) curves generally rose gradually over a large range in K and had definite thresholds for subcritical crack growth. Second and third stages were not always clearly delineated. Threshold stress intensities decreased as hydrogen content increased. An identifiable stage 2 occurred most often for alloys containing about 10 wt ppm dissolved hydrogen. The crack growth velocities generally increased with increasing temperature or hydrogen content. As the dissolved hydrogen increased, the fracture mode changed from microvoid coalescence (MVC) to microcrack coalescence (MCC) with some tearing ridges. At high hydrogen content, both ferrite and austenite phases showed brittle morphology, which was identical to the fracture surface of the uncharged specimens tested in hydrogen gas at 108 kPa pressure. Comparing the embrittling effect of internal hydrogen with thatmore » of external hydrogen it is found that the threshold stress intensity in hydrogen gas at 1 atm is lower than that at the highest internal hydrogen concentration (15 wt ppm).« less

Authors:
 [1];  [2]
  1. National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan, Province of China). Dept. of Nuclear Engineering
  2. Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Publication Date:
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
72660
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Metallurgical Transactions, A
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 26; Journal Issue: 5; Other Information: PBD: May 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; STAINLESS STEELS; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0400-1000 K; STRESS INTENSITY FACTORS; CRACK PROPAGATION; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; USES

Citation Formats

Huang, J H, and Altstetter, C J. Cracking of duplex stainless steel due to dissolved hydrogen. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.1007/BF02670603.
Huang, J H, & Altstetter, C J. Cracking of duplex stainless steel due to dissolved hydrogen. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02670603
Huang, J H, and Altstetter, C J. 1995. "Cracking of duplex stainless steel due to dissolved hydrogen". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02670603.
@article{osti_72660,
title = {Cracking of duplex stainless steel due to dissolved hydrogen},
author = {Huang, J H and Altstetter, C J},
abstractNote = {Ferallium 255 duplex stainless steel was cathodically precharged with hydrogen at 265 C in a molten salt electrolyte. Sustained load tests were carried out in air at 0 C, 25 C and 50 C with average hydrogen contents from 3 to 15 wt ppm. The DC potential drop method was calibrated with optical measurements to continuously monitor the crack position and allow calculation of crack velocity and stress intensity. The crack velocity vs stress intensity (K) curves generally rose gradually over a large range in K and had definite thresholds for subcritical crack growth. Second and third stages were not always clearly delineated. Threshold stress intensities decreased as hydrogen content increased. An identifiable stage 2 occurred most often for alloys containing about 10 wt ppm dissolved hydrogen. The crack growth velocities generally increased with increasing temperature or hydrogen content. As the dissolved hydrogen increased, the fracture mode changed from microvoid coalescence (MVC) to microcrack coalescence (MCC) with some tearing ridges. At high hydrogen content, both ferrite and austenite phases showed brittle morphology, which was identical to the fracture surface of the uncharged specimens tested in hydrogen gas at 108 kPa pressure. Comparing the embrittling effect of internal hydrogen with that of external hydrogen it is found that the threshold stress intensity in hydrogen gas at 1 atm is lower than that at the highest internal hydrogen concentration (15 wt ppm).},
doi = {10.1007/BF02670603},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/72660}, journal = {Metallurgical Transactions, A},
number = 5,
volume = 26,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Mon May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
}