Hydrogen embrittlement and stress corrosion cracking

Book · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5909055

Gibala, R; Hehemann, R F

Topics related to hydrogen embrittlement are discussed, taking into account an overview on hydrogen degradation phenomena, theories of hydrogen induced cracking of steels, the hydrogen embrittlement of steels, hydrogen trapping in iron and steels, some recent results on the direct observation of hydrogen trapping in metals and its consequences on embrittlement mechanisms, fracture mechanics and surface chemistry investigations of environment-assisted crack growth, the role of microstructure in hydrogen embrittlement, and hydrogen related second phase embrittlement of solids. Subjects in the area of stress corrosion cracking are also explored, giving attention to recent observations on the propagation of stress corrosion cracks and their relevance to proposed mechanisms of stress corrosion cracking, films and their importance in the nucleation of stress corrosion cracking in stainless steel, and fundamentals of corrosion fatigue behavior of metals and alloys. Stress corrosion cracking of ferritic and austenitic stainless steels is also considered along with embrittlement studies on metallic glasses.

• OSTI ID: 5909055
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
360103* -- Metals & Alloys-- Mechanical Properties
ABSTRACTS
ALLOYS
ALUMINIUM ALLOYS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
CRACK PROPAGATION
CRACKS
CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
DOCUMENT TYPES
EMBRITTLEMENT
FATIGUE
FRACTURE MECHANICS
HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
MECHANICS
METALLIC GLASSES
MICROSTRUCTURE
NUCLEATION
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS