Hydrogen embrittlement and fracture toughness of a titanium alloy with surface modification by hard coatings

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 64-70

  Lee, S C ^a   Ho, W Y ^a   Huang, C C ^a   Meletis, E I ^b   Liu, Y ^b  

^a TATUNG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b Louisiana State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fracture toughness; Hydrogen embrittlement; Ion implantation; Plasma nitriding; Titanium alloy

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; ION IMPLANTATION; METALLIC FILMS; NITRIDING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

CHROMIUM NITROGEN FILM; DISK SHAPED COMPACT TENSION SPECIMENS; GLOW DISCHARGE OPTICAL SPECTROMETRY; HARD COATINGS; HYDROGEN CHARGING; PLASMA NITRIDING;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 0030083761     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02647271     Document Type: Article

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