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TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrogen embrittlement through the formation of low-energy dislocation nanostructures in nanoprecipitation-strengthened steels
AU - Gong, P.
AU - Nutter, J.
AU - Rivera-Diaz-Del-Castillo, P. E.J.
AU - Rainforth, W. M.
PY - 2020/11/11
Y1 - 2020/11/11
N2 - Hydrogen embrittlement is shown to proceed through a previously unidentified mechanism. Upon ingress to the microstructure, hydrogen promotes the formation of low-energy dislocation nanostructures. These are characterized by cell patterns whose misorientation increases with strain, which concomitantly attracts further hydrogen up to a critical amount inducing failure. The appearance of the failure zone resembles the "fish eye"associated to inclusions as stress concentrators, a commonly accepted cause for failure. It is shown that the actual crack initiation is the dislocation nanostructure and its associated strain partitioning.
AB - Hydrogen embrittlement is shown to proceed through a previously unidentified mechanism. Upon ingress to the microstructure, hydrogen promotes the formation of low-energy dislocation nanostructures. These are characterized by cell patterns whose misorientation increases with strain, which concomitantly attracts further hydrogen up to a critical amount inducing failure. The appearance of the failure zone resembles the "fish eye"associated to inclusions as stress concentrators, a commonly accepted cause for failure. It is shown that the actual crack initiation is the dislocation nanostructure and its associated strain partitioning.
U2 - 10.1126/sciadv.abb6152
DO - 10.1126/sciadv.abb6152
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 33177083
AN - SCOPUS:85096083007
VL - 6
JO - Science Advances
JF - Science Advances
SN - 2375-2548
IS - 46
M1 - eabb6152
ER -