The effect of microstructure in the hydrogen embrittlement of a gas pipeline steel


Alp T., Dames T., Dogan B.

Journal of Materials Science, cilt.22, sa.6, ss.2105-2112, 1987 (Scopus) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 22 Sayı: 6
  • Basım Tarihi: 1987
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/bf01132946
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of Materials Science
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.2105-2112
  • İstanbul Medipol Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Hydrogen embrittlement (HE) tests were carried out on a carbon-manganese pipeline steel having a low sulphur content (<0.01%). It was shown that the susceptibility to HE increased as the microstructures changed from ferrite-pearlite to martensite. In the hydrogenated state the fracture surface of the ferrite-pearlite and ferrite-bainite specimens consisted of small cleavage regions surrounding non-metallic (oxide) inclusions; these were called rosettes and were a characteristic feature of the embrittled state. In hydrogenated martensitic specimens, failure was almost entirely intergranular along prior austenite grain boundaries and cracking of martensitic laths. In the martensitic specimens a relationship between inverse time to failure and prior austenite grain size was established. © 1987 Chapman and Hall Ltd.