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51317-9187-Hydrogen-Enhanced Stress Corrosion Cracking in Stainless Steel

ffects of hydrogen on stress corrosion cracking behavior of 304 and 310 stainless steels under load were investigated in boiling 42% MgCl2 solution. Cracking was accelerated by the incorporation of hydrogen into the steel without altering the crack growth mechanism.

Product Number: 51317-9187-SG
Author: Baotong Lu / Jingli Luo
Publication Date: 2017
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Effects of hydrogen on the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of 304 and 310 stainless steels under sustained load were investigated in boiling 42% MgCl2 solution. The cracking was accelerated by the incorporation of hydrogen into the steel without altering the crack growth mechanism. The fact that the active dissolution is almost unaffected by the hydrogen charging and tensile stress indicates that the phenomenon of hydrogen-promoted SCC is unlikely a result of hydrogen-facilitated active dissolution. In contrast, hydrogen significantly promotes anodic dissolution in the potential range where the active-to-passive transition occurs. The electrochemical noise detected in the SCC process implies that the crack propagation process is discontinuous and hydrogen charging can raise the frequency of film breakdown at the crack tip. These observations imply that the hydrogen-promoted SCC may result from the hydrogen-induced passivity degradation.

Key words: Conference papers, 2017 conference papers, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, anodic dissolution, stainless steel

Effects of hydrogen on the stress corrosion cracking (SCC) behavior of 304 and 310 stainless steels under sustained load were investigated in boiling 42% MgCl2 solution. The cracking was accelerated by the incorporation of hydrogen into the steel without altering the crack growth mechanism. The fact that the active dissolution is almost unaffected by the hydrogen charging and tensile stress indicates that the phenomenon of hydrogen-promoted SCC is unlikely a result of hydrogen-facilitated active dissolution. In contrast, hydrogen significantly promotes anodic dissolution in the potential range where the active-to-passive transition occurs. The electrochemical noise detected in the SCC process implies that the crack propagation process is discontinuous and hydrogen charging can raise the frequency of film breakdown at the crack tip. These observations imply that the hydrogen-promoted SCC may result from the hydrogen-induced passivity degradation.

Key words: Conference papers, 2017 conference papers, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, anodic dissolution, stainless steel

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