{"title":"Embrittlement of 1Cr-1/2Mo pressure vessel steel during long-term service","authors":"Nitin Saini, Zhe Lyu, Leijun Li","doi":"10.1016/j.matlet.2025.138857","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Assessing the mechanical properties of in-service pressure vessels is essential to ensure their safe and continued operation. 1Cr-1/2Mo steel samples are collected from pressure vessels with different years of service exposure. Sub-size flat tensile specimens are tested, and the results show that with an increasing service exposure time, samples exhibited an increased strength, but a decreased ductility compared to the original material. Precipitation of nanoscale carbides within the ferrite/bainite grains has contributed to strengthening the material while the decrease in ductility is believed to be caused by larger size discontinuous carbide particles on the grain boundaries.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":384,"journal":{"name":"Materials Letters","volume":"398 ","pages":"Article 138857"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Materials Letters","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167577X25008869","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MATERIALS SCIENCE, MULTIDISCIPLINARY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Assessing the mechanical properties of in-service pressure vessels is essential to ensure their safe and continued operation. 1Cr-1/2Mo steel samples are collected from pressure vessels with different years of service exposure. Sub-size flat tensile specimens are tested, and the results show that with an increasing service exposure time, samples exhibited an increased strength, but a decreased ductility compared to the original material. Precipitation of nanoscale carbides within the ferrite/bainite grains has contributed to strengthening the material while the decrease in ductility is believed to be caused by larger size discontinuous carbide particles on the grain boundaries.
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