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http://dx.doi.org/10.5695/JKISE.2012.45.3.130

The Change of Microstructures According to the Charging Amounts of Hydrogen in High Strength DP Steels and TRIP Steel  

Lee, Chul-Chi (Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering, The Graduate School of Industry & Engineering, SNUST)
Park, Jae-Woo (Dept. of New Energy Engineering, The Graduate School of Energy & Environment, SNUST)
Kang, Kae-Myung (Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering, SNUST)
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Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering / v.45, no.3, 2012 , pp. 130-135 More about this Journal
Abstract
Hydrogen charging was electrochemically conducted at high strength DP steels and TRIP steel with varying charging time. The penetration depths and the mechanical properties with charging conditions were investigated through the distribution of micro-hardness and the microstructural observation of the subsurface zone. The micro-Vickers hardness was measured to evaluate the hydrogen embrittlement of subsurface zone in addition to the microscope investigation. It was shown that the hydrogen amounts decreased in DP steels and TRIP steel with increasing hydrogen charging time. As shown by micro-Vickers hardness test and small punch test results, micro-Vickers hardness and SP energy for DP steels and TRIP steel decreased with increasing hydrogen charging time, for constant value of charging current density. SEM investigation results for the hydrogen contained samples showed that the major fracture behavior was brittle fracture which results in dimples on fractured surface and the size of dimples were decreased with increasing hydrogen charging time. These results indicate that hydrogen embrittlement is the major cause for the fracture of high strength steels and also micro-Vickers hardness test and small punch test is a valuable test method for hydrogen embrittlement of high strength sheet steels.
Keywords
Hydrogen charging; DP steel; TRIP steel; Hygen embrittlement;
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