Fractographic characteristics of a hydrogen-charged AISI 316 type austenitic stainless steel

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Fractographic Characteristics of a Hydrogen-Charged AISI 316 Type Austenitic Stainless Steel H A N N U H A N N I N E N AND T E R O H A K K A R A I N E N

Fig. 4-Fracture surtaces (SEM) of Ni-20 Cr-2 ThO 2 fractured at room temperature, a~ (a) Without hydrogen, (b) Hydrogen-charged, same magnification as (a).

W e a p p r e c i a t e p r o v i s i o n of u n p u b l i s h e d f r a c t o g r a p h s b y H. L . G e a r h a r t a n d C. C h e n , a n d a s s i s t a n c e w i t h n o m e n c l a t u r e b y J . C. W i l l i a m s . T h i s w o r k w a s c o n d u c t e d a s p a r t of t h e I n d e p e n d e n t R e s e a r c h a n d D e v e l o p m e n t P r o g r a m of R o c k w e l l I n t e r n a t i o n a l , w h e n b o t h authors were at the Science Center; subsequent partic i p a t i o n of o n e of u s (AWT) w a s s u p p o r t e d b y t h e National Science Foundation, Grant DMR 78-00723.

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It h a s b e e n s h o w n t h a t t h e d u c t i l i t y of a u s t e n i t i c stainless steels is reduced by charging with hydrogen through cathodic polarization or in a hydrogen atm o s p h e r e , 1-4 b u t t h e b a s i c f r a c t o g r a p h i c f e a t u r e s associated with hydrogen induced reduced ductility have not been established in detail. In the present w o r k t h e h y d r o g e n e m b r i t t l e m e n t of a n AISI 316 s t e e l ( T a b l e I) w a s s t u d i e d b y c h a r g i n g i t w i t h h y d r o gen through cathodic polarization and by subsequent tensile testing. T h e t e n s i l e s p e c i m e n s ( F i g . 1) w e r e p r e p a r e d b y c o l d r o l l i n g a p l a