Effect of hydrogen on tensile behaviour of micrometre-sized specimen fabricated from a metastable austenitic stainless steel

Corrosion Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 529-533

  Mine, Yoji ^a   Hirashita, Koichi ^b   Matsuda, Mitsuhiro ^b   Otsu, Masaaki ^b   Takashima, Kazuki ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

A. Stainless steel; C. Effects of strain; C. Hydrogen embrittlement; C. Strain induced martensitic transformation

Indexed keywords

A. STAINLESS STEEL; AUSTENITE STAINLESS STEEL; C. HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; C. STRAIN-INDUCED MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATION; EFFECT OF HYDROGEN; EFFECTS OF STRAINS; IN-SITU; INTRINSIC EFFECTS; MICRO-MECHANICAL TESTING; STRESS STRAIN BEHAVIOURS; TENSILE BEHAVIOUR; TENSILE TESTS; WHITE-LIGHT INTERFEROMETRY;

AUSTENITE; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; AUSTENITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS; HYDROGEN; MARTENSITE; MARTENSITIC STAINLESS STEEL; MARTENSITIC TRANSFORMATIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PLASTICITY; STEEL TESTING; STRAIN HARDENING; TENSILE TESTING;

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

EID: 78650248877     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.10.019     Document Type: Letter

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