Title
Comparative study of hydrogen transport behaviors in armco-FE and AF1410 steels
Date Issued
01 January 2007
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
conference paper
Author(s)
Uwakweh O.N.C.
Agarwala V.A.
University of Puerto Rico
Publisher(s)
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Abstract
Hydrogen is known to dissolve in steel materials with accompanying degradation of properties, and eventual materials failure. The extent of hydrogen transport effects, and eventual materials failure depends on both the nature of steel material, and its ingressing method. The study focuses on the comparative study of hydrogen transport in Armco-Fe and ultra high strength AF1410 steels. The Devanathan and Stachursky double cell (DSDC) configuration otherwise known as the permeation set-up is adopted for hydrogen charging as a function of materials thickness via cathodic polarizations in varying aqueous media. The input side cell consisted of a mixture of sulfuric acid (0.1M H 2SO4) impregnated with 1g/l of (Na2HAsO 4.7H2O) sodium arsenate (as a hydrogen promoter, otherwise known as poison) after comparative tests proved it best amongst others investigated for hydrogen permeation at ambient temperatures. The input cell was powered with a potentiostat for the purpose of ensuring reproducibility between experimental runs. Based on the analyses of the permeation profiles, the coefficient of diffusion is determined to be 1.50-5.05 × 10-8 cm2/s for the AF1410 steel and 1.39 - 2.40 ×10-5 cm2/s for the Armco-Fe. Though blister formation was found to depend on charging medium, polarization current, and the thermodynamic state of the material, it was generally, substantially higher in Armco-Fe than with AF1410. Their blistering behaviors can be reconciled on the basis of their differing inherent contents and microstructural differences.
Start page
377
End page
400
Volume
25
Issue
April 3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería de materiales
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-34249883056
Source
Corrosion Reviews
ISSN of the container
03346005
Sponsor(s)
One of the authors, ONCU, wishes to acknowledge guidance of Dr. Yapa Rajapakse, the program manager N000140310540, and support from US-Navy / ASEE Fellow Research Program.
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