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Hydrogen attack of bainitic 2 1/4 Cr-1 Mo steel

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OSTI ID:5228194
Smooth-bar and notched-bar tensile specimens of normalized and tempered (bainitic) 2 1/4 Cr-1 Mo steel were exposed to hydrogen gas at 5.2 to 27.6 Mpa in the temperature range from 482 to 593/sup 0/C. Polished and etched surfaces as well as fracture surfaces obtained by fracturing the samples at liquid nitrogen temperature were examined for methane bubble formation in the SEM. Tensile tests were performed at room temperature on exposed samples. The formation of bubbles was found to be sensitive to changes in both the temperature and hydrogen pressure for any given exposure time. Applied stress, plastic deformation and longer exposure times all lowered the temperature necessary, at any given pressure, for the formation of bubbles.
Research Organization:
Mound Facility, Miamisburg, OH (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-76DP00053
OSTI ID:
5228194
Report Number(s):
MLM-2968(OP); CONF-820724-4; ON: DE82019169
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English