Ductility loss of a metastable austenitic stainless steel and its TIG weldment due to hydrogen embrittlement at low temperatures considering the effect of pre-strain at 4K
IF 1.6 4区 材料科学Q2 METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING
Rafael Magalhaes De Melo Freire, Shohei Uranaka, Eita Tochigi, Mitsuo Kimura, Tomoya Kawabata
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Abstract
The amount of martensite in austenitic stainless steels produced during plastic deformation at low temperatures is related to the reduction in hydrogen embrittlement resistance. A pre-strain at 4 K was employed in this work to produce strain-induced martensite (SIM) in the microstructure of SUS316L and its weldment to verify the changes in hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility through slow strain tensile (SSRT) tests in a high-pressure hydrogen environment. As the base metal specimens, the weld metal specimens, manufactured by gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW or TIG) were pre-strained at different levels (5%, 10%, and 15%) for comparison with the non-pre-strained condition. Analysis of the most degraded samples tested from -150 °C to 0 °C is conducted through fracture surface observations, lateral crack length measurement, and crack densities. It was possible to indicate that the pre-strain effect induced earlier crack nucleation in comparison to the situation observed in the non-pre-strained material. Moreover, the pre-existing martensite produced by the pre-strain at 4 K is responsible for earlier crack nucleation, leading to a loss in the hydrogen embrittlement resistance for the SSRT pre-strained base metal specimens.
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The journal provides an international medium for the publication of fundamental and technological aspects of the properties, structure, characterization and modeling, processing, fabrication, and environmental issues of iron and steel, along with related engineering materials.