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The tearing topography surface as the zone associated with hydrogen embrittlement processes in pearlitic steel

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This article deals with a new nonconventional microscopic fracture mode with a characteristic feature: the tearing topography surface (TTS), associated with hydrogen embrittlement processes in pearlitic steel. The TTS mode appeared in fracture tests on precracked and notched specimens when tested under hydrogen charging. Experimental results showed phenomenological relations between the size of the TTS region and variables such as the electrochemical potential and the maximum stress intensity factor during fatigue precracking (for cracked samples) or the time to failure and the geometry (for notched samples). A hydrogen diffusion model is proposed which explains, from the theoretical point of view, the phenomenological relations between the TTS size and the test variables. According to this model, hydrogen diffuses not only toward the places of minimum concentration, but also to the sites of maximum hydrostatic stress.

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  1. Department of Engineering, University of La Coruna, E.T.S.I. Caminos, 15141, Arteixo, La Coruna, Spain

    J. Toribio (Professor)

  2. Department of Metallurgy, Spanish Center for Nuclear Research, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    A. M. Lancha (Technical Staff Member)

  3. Head of the Department of Materials Science, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    M. Elices (Professor)

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Toribio, J., Lancha, A.M. & Elices, M. The tearing topography surface as the zone associated with hydrogen embrittlement processes in pearlitic steel. Metall Trans A 23, 1573–1584 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02647339

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