Effect of microstructure on hydrogen-induced cracking of linepipe steels
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- Title
- Effect of microstructure on hydrogen-induced cracking of linepipe steels
- Authors
- Koh, SU; Jung, HG; Kang, KB; Park, GT; Kim, KY
- Date Issued
- 2008-07
- Publisher
- NATL ASSOC CORROSION ENG
- Abstract
- Hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) has been studied phenomenologically. The effect of microstructure on HIC is discussed for steels having two different levels of nonmetallic inclusions. Steels with different microstructures were produced by a thermomechanically controlled process (TMCP)from two different heats, which had different levels of nonmetallic inclusions. Ferrite/pearlite (F/P), ferrite/acicular ferrite (F/AF), and ferrite/bainite (FIB) were three representative microstructures of the tested steels. For the steels with higher inclusion levels, the minimum permissible inclusion level for HIC not to develop varied according to the steel microstructure. On the other hand, HIC occurred in the martensite/austenite (M/A) constituents regardless of steel microstructure above a certain concentration. It was shown that M/A constituents were easily embrittled by hydrogen atoms. Steels having a F/AF were resistant to HIC in the tested service condition; they exhibited a wide range of diffusible hydrogen contents without developing HIC.
- Keywords
- hydrogen diffusion; hydrogen-induced cracking; inclusion; martensite/austenite constituent; microstructure; SULFIDE STRESS CRACKING; DEFORMATION
- URI
- https://oasis.postech.ac.kr/handle/2014.oak/22644
- DOI
- 10.5006/1.3278493
- ISSN
- 0010-9312
- Article Type
- Article
- Citation
- CORROSION, vol. 64, no. 7, page. 574 - 585, 2008-07
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