HYDROGEN CONTAMINATION IN TITANIUM AND TITANIUM ALLOYS. PART V. HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT. Period covered March 1957 to March 1958

Technical Report · Mon Nov 24 04:00:00 EST 1958

OSTI ID:4246077

Williams, D N; Schwartzberg, F R; Jaffee, R I

Extensive investigations intended to provide information relating to the mechanism of H embrittlement in titanium-base alloys were carried out. Studies included detailed measurements of thc effects of temperature, strain rate, and H content on embrittlement, examination of all-alpha and all-beta alloys for susceptibility to embrittlement, calculations of probable H solubility in alpha and beta Ti, and several other informative investigations. An embrittlement mechanism is outlined. Alloys previously prepared and examined to determine the effects of alloy content and microstructure on H embrittlement were further studied by means of notched stress-rupture tests. This work resulted in alteration of previously expressed conclusions regarding alloying and microstructural effects. (auth)

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, Ohio
• NSA Number: NSA-13-014526
• OSTI ID: 4246077
• Report Number(s): WADC-TR-54-616(Pt.5); AD-20937
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALLOTROPY
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SOLUBILITY
STRESSES
TEMPERATURE
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