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An Overview on Hydrogen Uptake, Diffusion and Transport Behavior of Ferritic Steel, and Its Susceptibility to Hydrogen Degradation

  • Kim, Sung Jin;Kim, Kyoo Young
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제16권4호
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    • pp.209-225
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    • 2017
  • Development of high strength steel requires proper understanding of hydrogen behavior since the higher the steel strength the greater the susceptibility of hydrogen assisted cracking. This paper provides a brief but broad overview on hydrogen entry and transport behavior of high-strength ferritic steels. First of all, hydrogen absorption, diffusion and trapping mechanism of the steels are briefly introduced. Secondly, several experimental methods for analyzing the physical/chemical nature of hydrogen uptake and transport in the steels are reviewed. Among the methods, electrochemical permeation technique utilized widely for evaluating the hydrogen diffusion and trapping behavior in metals and alloys is mainly discussed. Moreover, a modified permeation technique accommodating the externally applied load and its application to a variety of steels are intensively explored. Indeed, successful utilization of the modified permeation technique equipped with a constant load testing device leads to significant academic progress on the hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC) phenomenon of the steels. In order to show how the external and/or residual stress affects mechanical instability of steel due to hydrogen ingress, the relationship among the microstructure, hydrogen permeation, and HAC susceptibility is briefly introduced.

EFFECT OF CYCLIC STRAIN RATE AND SULFIDES ON ENVIRONMENTALLY ASSISTED CRACKING BEHAVIORS OF SA508 GR. 1A LOW ALLOY STEEL IN DEOXYGENATED WATER AT 310℃

  • Jang, Hun;Cho, Hyun-Chul;Jang, Chang-Heui;Kim, Tae-Soon;Moon, Chan-Kook
    • Nuclear Engineering and Technology
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    • 제40권3호
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    • pp.225-232
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    • 2008
  • To understand the effect of the cyclic strain rate on the environmentally assisted cracking behaviors of SA508 Gr.1a low alloy steel in deoxygenated water at $310^{\circ}C$, the fatigue surface and a sectioned area of specimens were observed after low cycle fatigue tests. On the fatigue surface of the specimen tested at a strain rate of 0.008 %/s, unclear ductile striations and a blunt crack tip were observed. Therefore, metal dissolution could be the main cracking mechanism of the material at this strain rate. On the other hand, on the fatigue surfaces of the specimens tested at strain rates of 0.04 and 0.4 %/s, brittle cracks and flat facets, which are evidences of the hydrogen induced cracking, were observed. In addition, a tendency of linkage between the main crack and the micro-cracks was observed on the sectioned area. Therefore, at higher strain rates, the main cracking mechanism could be hydrogen induced cracking. Additionally, evidence of the dissolved MnS inclusions was observed on the fatigue surface from energy dispersive x-ray spectrometer analyses. Thus, despite the low sulfur content of the test material, the sulfides seem to contribute to environmentally assisted cracking of SA508 Gr.1a low alloy steel in deoxygenated water at $310^{\circ}C$.

Precursor Events in Environmentally Assisted Cracking Behaviour of Light Metals

  • Raja, V.S.
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제15권4호
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    • pp.153-158
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    • 2016
  • Light metal alloys of Mg, Ti, and Al undergo environmentally assisted cracking (EAC). Passive film breakdown and pitting are not only precursor events for stress corrosion, but can accelerate hydrogen evolution that is responsible for hydrogen embrittlement. This is clearly demonstrated in the case of Mg and Ti alloys. The so-called innocuous precipitates, which do not directly participate in either alloy strengthening or EAC can be effective precursors for initiating EAC. This aspect is highlighted using high strength aluminium alloys. Such behaviours lead to a paradigm shift in the design of alloys with resistance to EAC.

주질고장력강의 용접성에 미치는 화학조성의 영향 (Effect of chemical composition on the weldability of quenched and tempered high strength steels)

  • 장웅성;김숙환;장래웅;엄기원
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • 제6권3호
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    • pp.27-36
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    • 1988
  • In fabrication of various welded structures made of high strength steels, the occurence of hydrogen assisted cracking and embrittlement in HAZ is prime importance. The present work was carried out to clarify the effect of chemical compositions, especially B and/or Ti addition on the cold cracking susceptibility and HAZ embrittlement in low crabon equivalent steel. Tests results showed that the addtio of optimum boron content in steel with low Pem value i.e., below 0.20 % was the best way to improve the weldability as well as the mechanicla properties of $60kg/mm^2$ grade quenched and tempered high strength steels.

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A Review of Corrosion and Hydrogen Diffusion Behaviors of High Strength Pipe Steel in Sour Environment

  • Kim, Sung Jin;Kim, Kyoo Young
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • 제32권5호
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    • pp.13-20
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    • 2014
  • A brief overview is given of the corrosion and hydrogen diffusion behaviors of high strength pipe steel in sour environment. Firstly, hydrogen adsorption and diffusion mechanism of the pipe steel is introduced. Secondly, the effect of iron sulfide film precipitated as a result of the corrosion reaction on the steel surface on hydrogen reduction reaction and subsequent hydrogen permeation through the steel is discussed. Moreover, the hydrogen diffusion behavior of the pipe steel under tensile stress in both elastic and plastic ranges is reviewed based on a number of experimental permeation data and theoretical models describing the hydrogen diffusion and trapping phenomena in the steel. It is hoped that this paper will result in significant academic contributions in the field of corrosion and hydrogen related problems of the pipe steel used in sour environment.

용접금속 잔류수소농도의 수치해석 연구 (A Numerical Study of the Residual Hydrogen Concentration in the Weld Metal)

  • 유진선;하윤석;라제쉬
    • Journal of Welding and Joining
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    • 제34권6호
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    • pp.42-46
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    • 2016
  • Hydrogen assisted cracking (HAC) is one of the most complicated problem in welding. Huge amount of studies have been done for decades. Based on them, various standards have been established to avoid HAC. But it is still a chronic problem in industrial field. It is well known that the main causes of the hydrogen crack are residual stress, crack susceptible micro structures and a certain critical level of hydrogen concentration. Even though the exact generating mechanism is unclear till today, it has been reported that the hydrogen level in the weld metal should be managed less than a certain amount to prevent it. Matsuda studied that the residual hydrogen level in the weld metal can be varied even if the initial hydrogen content is same. It is also insisted in this report that the residual hydrogen concentration is in stronger correlation with hydrogen crack than the initial hydrogen content. But, in practical point of view, the residual hydrogen is still hard to consider because measuring hydrogen level is time and cost consuming process. In this regard, numerical analysis is the only solution for considering the residual hydrogen content. Meanwhile, Takahashi showed the possibility of predicting the residual hydrogen by a rigorous FE analysis. But, few commercial software suitable for solving the weld metal hydrogen has been reported yet. In this study, two dimensional thermal - hydrogen coupled analysis was developed by using the commercial FE software MARC. Since the governing equation of the hydrogen diffusion is similar to the heat transfer, it is shown that the heat transfer FE analysis in association with hydrogen diffusion property can be used for hydrogen diffusion analysis. A series of simulation was performed to verify the accuracy of the model. For BOP (Bead-On-Plate) and the multi-pass butt welding simulations, remaining hydrogen contents in the weld metal is well matched with measurements which are referred from Kim and Masamitsu.

Interaction of Mechanics and Electrochemistry for Magnesium Alloys

  • Han, En-Hou;Wang, JianQiu;Ke, Wei
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제7권5호
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    • pp.243-251
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    • 2008
  • Magnesium alloys become popular research topic in last decade due to its light weight and relatively high strength-to-weight ratio in the energy aspiration age. Almost all structure materials are supposed to suspend stress. Magnesium is quite sensitive to corrosive environment, and also sensitive to environmental assisted cracking. However, so far we have the limited knowledge about the environmental sensitive cracking of magnesium alloys. The corrosion fatigue (CF) test was conducted. Many factors' effects, like grain size, texture, heat treatment, loading frequency, stress ratio, strain rate, chemical composition of environment, pH value, relative humidity were investigated. The results showed that all these factors had obvious influence on the crack initiation and propagation. Especially the dependence of CF life on pH value and frequency is quite different to the other traditional structural metallic materials. In order to interpret the results, the electrochemistry tests by polarization dynamic curve and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy were conducted with and without stress. The corrosion of magnesium alloys was also studied by in-situ observation in environmental scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). The corrosion rate changed with the wetting time during the initial corrosion process. The pre-charging of hydrogen caused crack initiated at $\beta$ phase, and with the increase of wetting time the crack propagated, implying that hydrogen produced by corrosion reaction participated in the process.

PWR 환경에서의 오스테나이트계 합금의 환경조장균열 (Environmentally-Assisted Cracking of Austenitic Alloys in a PWR Environment)

  • 홍종대;장훈;장창희
    • 부식과 방식
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    • 제12권1호
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    • pp.30-38
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    • 2013
  • 원전의 구조적 건전성에 문제가 될 수 있는, 오스테나이트계 합금의 환경조장균열(EAC)에 대한 거동을 실험적인 결과와 문헌 조사를 통해 분석하였다. 일차측 환경에서 주기적인 반복하중을 받을 때에는 기계적인 피로균열에 더해 수소유기균열이나 동적변형시효 등으로 인한 가속화 메커니즘을 통해 피로수명 감소가 나타났다. 따라서 EAF에 대한 저항성은 전반적인 부식저항성이 우수한 니켈기합금이 스테인리스강보다 크게 나타났다. 그러나 일정한 하중을 받을 때에는 내부산화에 의해 국부적인 취약부인 입계로의 빠른 균열의 생성과 진전이 나타나 일차수 응력부식균열(PWSCC)이라는 형태로 발생한다고 여겨진다. 이때는 니켈-크롬의 비율이 내부산화 저항성에 영향을 미쳐, 비율이 낮은 스테인리스강은 높은 저항성을 가지고, 비율이 높은 니켈기합금은 낮은 저항성을 가진다. 그러나 아직 이러한 균열 메커니즘에 대한 명확한 이해가 부족하므로, 명확히 규명하기 위해서는 추가적인 연구가 필요하다.

인장응력과 H2S 부식의 복합조건 하에서 고강도 강재의 수소확산 거동 분석을 위한 Numerical 확산모델과 이론적 고찰 (Theoretical Considerations of Numerical Model for Hydrogen Diffusion Behavior of High-Strength Steel Under Combined Action of Tensile Stress and H2S Corrosion)

  • 김성진
    • Corrosion Science and Technology
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    • 제18권3호
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    • pp.102-109
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    • 2019
  • The hydrogen diffusion and trapping model with a numerical finite difference method (FDM) was modified and extended to accommodate $H_2S$ corrosion and scale forming processes of high-strength steel under tensile stress condition. The newly proposed diffusion model makes it possible to clearly understand combined effect of tensile stress and $H_2S$ corrosion process on hydrogen diffusion behaviors. The core concept of this theoretical approach is that overall diffusion behavior is separated into diffusion process through two respective layers: an outer sulfide scale and an inner steel matrix. Diffusion coefficient values determined by curve-fitting permeation data reported previously with the newly proposed diffusion model indicate that the application of tensile stress can contribute to continual increase in the diffusivity in the sulfide scale with a high density of defect. This suggests that the scale with a lower stability under the stress condition can be a key parameter to enhance hydrogen influx in the steel matrix. Consequently, resistance to hydrogen assisted cracking of the steel under tensile stress can be decreased significantly.

Adhesion Reliability Enhancement of Silicon/Epoxy/Polyimide Interfaces for Flexible Electronics

  • Kim, Sanwi;Kim, Taek-Soo
    • 마이크로전자및패키징학회지
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    • 제19권3호
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    • pp.63-69
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    • 2012
  • Adhesion and mechanical reliability of silicon/epoxy/polyimide interfaces are critical issues for flexible electronics. Bonds between these interfaces are mainly hydrogen bonds, so their adhesion is weaker than cohesive fracture toughness and vulnerable to moisture. In order to enhance adhesion and suppress moisture-assisted debonding, UV/Ozone treatment and innovative sol-gel derived hybrid layers were applied to silicon/epoxy/polyimide interfaces. The fracture energy and subcritical crack growth rate were measured by using a double cantilever beam (DCB) fracture mechanics test. Results showed that UV/Ozone treatment increased the adhesion, but was not effective for improving reliability against humidity. However, by applying sol-gel derived hybrid layers, adhesion increase as well as suppresion of moisture-assisted cracking were achieved.