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Hydrogen thermal desorption relevant to delayed-fracture susceptibility of high-strength steels

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The susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement (HE) of martensitic steels has been examined by means of a delayed-fracture test and hydrogen thermal desorption analysis. The intensity of a desorptionrate peak around 50 °C to 200 °C increased when the specimen was preloaded and more remarkably so when it was loaded under the presence of hydrogen. The increment appeared initially at the low-temperature region in the original peak. As hydrogen entry proceeded, the increment then appeared at the high-temperature region, while that in the low-temperature region was reduced. The alteration occurred earlier in steels tempered at lower temperatures, with a higher embrittlement susceptibility. A defect acting as the trap of the desorption in the high-temperature region was assigned to large vacancy clusters that have higher binding energies with hydrogen. Deformation-induced generation of vacancies and their clustering have been considered to be promoted by hydrogen and to play a primary role on the HE susceptibility of high-strength steel.

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Nagumo, M., Nakamura, M. & Takai, K. Hydrogen thermal desorption relevant to delayed-fracture susceptibility of high-strength steels. Metall Mater Trans A 32, 339–347 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-001-0265-9

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