Hydrogen embrittlement phenomena and mechanisms

Corrosion Reviews

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 105-123

  Lynch, Stan ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption induced dislocation emission; Fractography; Hydride embrittlement; Hydrogen embrittlement; Hydrogen enhanced decohesion; Hydrogen enhanced localised plasticity; Mechanisms

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL EXPERIMENT; DE-COHESION; DISLOCATION EMISSIONS; FRACTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS; FRACTURE MODE; HYDRIDE FORMATION; HYDROGEN-ENHANCED LOCALIZED PLASTICITIES;

ADSORPTION; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDRIDES; HYDROGEN; MECHANISMS;

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

EID: 84862566550     PISSN: 03346005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/corrrev-2012-0502     Document Type: Review

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