• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.18 no.7
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• pp.394-399
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• 2008

The hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of high strength TRIP/TWIP steels with the tensile strength of 600Mpa to 900Mpa grade was investigated using cathodically hydrogen charged specimens. TWIP steels with full austenite structure show a lower hydrogen content than do TRIP steels. The uniform distribution of strong traps throughout the matrix in the form of austenite is considered beneficial to reduce the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of TWIP steels. Moreover, an austenite structure with very fine deformation twins formed during straining could also improve the ductility and reduce notch sensitivity. In Ubend and deep drawing cup tests, TWIP steels show a good resistance to hydrogen embrittlement compared with TRIP steels.

• Proceedings of the Korean Nuclear Society Conference
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• 1995.05a
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• pp.784-789
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• 1995

핵융합로 제1벽재로서 주목받고 있는 저방사화 Fe-Cr-Mn-W계 오스테나이트 스테인리스강에 소량의 V을 첨가하고 그 기본 조성에 시그마상의 생성억제와 합금의 고온강도 향상에 효과가 있는 질소함량을 변화시켜 전보에서 보고한 소둔열처리의 영향에 이어 미세 조직 특성 및 부식 저항성에 미치는 시효열처리의 영향을 살펴보았다. 부식저항성 평가를 위해서는 양극분극시험, 침지시험 수소취성 시험을 행하였으며, 석출상의 생성양상을 살펴보기 위해서는 광학현미경 관찰, 자성측정, EPR시험 및 경도시험을 행하였다. 시험결과, 질소의 함량이 증가할수록 시그마상의 석출이 억제되는 것을 알 수 있었으며, 시효시 실험합금의 부식저항성은 주로 $600^{\circ}C$부근에서 오스테나이트상의 입계에 석출하는 크롬탄화물과 50$0^{\circ}C$부터 비교적 넓은 온도 구간에 걸쳐 페라이트상으로부터 석출 변태되는 시그마상에 의해 지배되고 있음을 알 수 있었다.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• v.15 no.5
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• pp.237-244
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• 2016

2205 duplex stainless steels have been used for the construction of the marine environment, because of their excellent corrosion resistance and high strength. However, the resistance to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) may be less than that of 316L austenitic stainless steel. The reason why 316L stainless steels have better resistance to HE is associated with crystal structure (FCC, face centered cubic) and the higher stacking faults energy than 2205 duplex stainless steels. Furthermore 2205 stainless steels with or without tungsten were also examined in terms of HE. 2205 stainless steels containing tungsten is less resistible to HE. It is because dislocation tangle was formed in 2205 duplex stainless steels. Slow strain-rate tensile test (SSRT) was conducted to measure the resistance to HE under the cathodic applied potential. Hydrogen embrittlement index (HEI) was used to evaluate HE resistance through the quantitative calculation.

• Transactions of the Korean hydrogen and new energy society
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• v.26 no.2
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• pp.120-126
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• 2015

Recently, the ever-increasing use of fossil fuels for rapid industrial development and population significantly caused an environment pollution and global warming such as climate change. So research and development of sustainable and eco-friendly energy have been performed. Especially the interest in nuclear fusion fuel was significantly increased from the developed countries. The system of fusion energy production was tritium separation, storage and delivery, and purification. Republic of Korea is in charge of Storage and Delivery System (SDS) in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER). Welding part of the SDS bottles for storing the tritium is known to be susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement. In this study, conducted a study for the relaxation of the stability and hydrogen embrittlement of the weld area. The hydrogen heat treatment was processed through the Pressure-Composition-Temperature (PCT) device according to the time variation. Also mechanical properties such as impact test and hardness test according to using the alkaline cleaning liquid for hydrogen embrittlement relief and the fracture was observed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) after the mechanical properties evaluation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 2011.02a
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• pp.196-196
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• 2011

팔라듐-구리 합금 분리막은 세륨산화물로 전처리된 다공성 니켈 지지체 위에 마그네트론 스퍼터 공정과 구리리플로우 공정에 의해 제조되었다. 스퍼터 공정은 얇고 치밀한 팔라듐 합금 분리막 증착을 위해 아주 효과적이다. 본 연구에서는 고온 스퍼터 공정에 의해 증착된 팔라듐 상부에 유동성과 열적확산이 우수한 구리를 코팅한 후, 반도체 분야에서 기가 패턴 매립시 사용하는 구리리플로우 공정을 도입하였다. 구리리플로우 공정은 치밀하고 미세기공이 존재하지 않는 표면을 구현하고 무한대의 수소 투과도를 가능하게 한다. 이로써 마그네트론 스퍼터에 의해 $200^{\circ}C$에서 팔라듐과 구리를 순차적으로 코팅한 후, $700^{\circ}C$에서 2시간 구리리플로우 공정을 실시하여 $7.5{\mu}m$ 두께의 팔라듐-구리 합금 분리막이 제조되었다. 세륨산화물(CeO2)은 고온에서 장시간 운전하는 동안 다공성 니켈 지지체의 금속성분이 팔라듐 합금층으로 확산하는 금속의 확산 문제를 개선하고자 지지체와 코팅층 사이에 확산방지막으로 도입되었으며, 균일한 스퍼터 증착을 위해 평탄한 표면의 지지체를 구현하였다. 투과도 테스트는 100-400kPa 의 압력차, 673-773K 의 온도 조건에서 순수한 수소가스로 실시하였다. 표면 미세기공이 없는 치밀한 팔라듐-구리 합금 분리막은 혼합가스에서 질소의 투과 없이 수소만을 투과하는 무한대의 우수한 분리도를 나타내었으며, 상용온도 $500^{\circ}C$에서 12.6ml/$cm^2{\cdot}min{\cdot}atm$의 수소 투과 능력을 보였다. 본 연구에 의해 제조된 팔라듐-구리 합금 분리막은 표면 미세기공이 없는 치밀한 분리막 제조를 가능하게 하였으며 열팽창계수가 팔라듐과 매우 비슷한 세륨산화물($CeO_2$)로 인해 지지체층과 코팅층과의 접합력이 향상되고 수소취성에 강하고 높은 열적 안정성을 갖는다.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Gas
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.21-26
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• 2022

Zinc is emerging as a environment-friendly plating material to replace cadmium, which is harmful to the human body, to prevent hydrogen gas penetration or release from metal materials. Electroplating of Zn and Zn alloys, which is usually performed in an aqueous acidic atmosphere, has disadvantages such as low coulombic efficiency, corrosion, and hydrogen release, resulting in industrial use difficult. In this study, a deep-eutectic solvent was synthesized using choline chloride and ethylene glycol. Using this as a solvent, an electrolyte for Zn plating was prepared, and then zinc was plated on the STS 304 substrate. The surface microstructure and roughness were observed using SEM and AFM. The crystal structure of the electro-plated film was analyzed using XRD. Finally, the preventing effects of hydrogen release through Zn-based deep-eutectic plating on the STS 304 substrate were compared with the uncoated substrate.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.37-44
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• 2021

In this study, shape design and material selection were carried out for a two-stage pressure-reducing regulator to compensate for the shortcomings of a one-stage mechanical decompression regulator. The shape of the contact surface of the depressurization unit was considered, material was selected, and the shape was designed to compensate for the pulsation and slow response through the two-stage decompression and to solve the problem of high pressure deviation. In terms of airtightness, the deformation amount of TPU showed a small amount of displacement of up to 15.82%. Considering the fact that it is applicable to various hydrogen fuel supply systems by securing universality by applying electronic solenoids to the second pressure reduction, magnetic materials were selected. The hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion resistance were evaluated to verify the plating process. Surface corrosion did not occur in only the case of Cr plating. The elongation during the corrosion process was compared using a tensile test, and there was a difference within 2%.

• Journal of the Korean institute of surface engineering
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• v.47 no.5
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• pp.257-262
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• 2014

In this paper, the behavior of hydrogen embrittlement of 680MPa DP sheet steel according to hydrogen charging conditions in acid and alkali electrolytes atmosphere was investigated. At this time, 0.5 M $H_2SO_4$ and 0.5M NaOH was used for electrolytes atmosphere and the effect on embrittlemnet of 680MPa DP sheet steel according to current density and charging time was evaluated by the change of subsurface microhardness in DP specimens chared hydrogen. As a result of this experiment, the microhardness of the layer directly below the surface was increased more than the microhardness of the subsurface zone in both electrolytes cases, but the change of the subsurface microhardness in both electrolytes was more affected by the increase of charging time than the increase of current density. The microhardness of subsurface zone in 0.5 M $H_2SO_4$ acid electrolyte was increased more than the microhardness in 0.5M NaOH alkali electrolyte. It was supposed that acid atmosphere was more sensitive to hydrogen embrittlement than alkali atmosphere on electrolyte atmosphere of hydrogen charge.

• Transactions of Materials Processing
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.185-192
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• 2024

This study examined how varying tempering temperatures affect the susceptibility of Cr-Mo low alloy steels to hydrogen embrittlement. A slow strain-rate test (SSRT) was carried out on the steels electrochemically pre-charged with hydrogen in order to examine the hydrogen embrittlement behavior. The results showed that the hydrogen embrittlement resistance of the Cr-Mo low alloy steels improved with increasing tempering temperature. Thermal desorption analysis (TDA) revealed that diffusible hydrogen content decreased with increasing tempering temperature, accompanied by a slight increase in the peak temperature. This decrease in hydrogen content was likely due to a reduction in dislocation density which served as reversible hydrogen trap sites. These findings underline the significant role of tempering temperature in enhancing the hydrogen embrittlement resistance of Cr-Mo low alloy steels.

• Journal of the Computational Structural Engineering Institute of Korea
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• v.37 no.4
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• pp.267-274
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• 2024

Hydrogen embrittlement fracture poses a challenge in ensuring the structural integrity of materials exposed to hydrogen-rich environments. This study advances our comprehension of hydrogen-induced fracture through an integrated numerical modeling approach. In addition, it employs a ductile fracture model named the Gurson-cohesive model (GCM) and hydrogen diffusion analysis. GCM is employed as a fracture model that combines the Gurson model to illustrate the continuum damage evolution and the cohesive zone model to describe crack surface discontinuity and softening behavior. Moreover, porosity and stress triaxiality are considered as crack initiation criteria . A hydrogen diffusion analysis is also integrated with the GCM to account for hydrogen enhanced decohesion (HEDE) mechanisms and their subsequent impacts on crack initiation and propagation. This framework considers the influence of hydrogen on the softening behavior of the traction-separation relationship on the discontinuous crack surface. Parametric studies explore the sensitivity to diffusion properties and hydrogen-induced fracture properties. By combining numerical models of hydrogen diffusion and the ductile fracture model, this study provides an understanding of hydrogen-induced fracture and thereby contributes significantly to the ongoing efforts to design materials that are resilient to hydrogen embrittlement in practical engineering applications.