Metallographic and fractographic techniques for characterising and understanding hydrogen-assisted cracking of metals

Gaseous Hydrogen Embrittlement of Materials in Energy Technologies: The Problem, its Characterisation and Effects on Particular Alloy Classes

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 274-346

  Lynch, S P ^a  

^a DEFENCE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adsorption induced dislocation emission; Fracture surface appearance; Hydrogen assisted cracking; Hydrogen enhanced decohesion; Hydrogen enhanced localised plasticity; Hydrogen environment embrittlement; Liquid metal embrittlement; Metallographic and fractographic techniques

Indexed keywords

CRACK TIPS; CRACKS; EMBRITTLEMENT; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE; HYDROGEN; METALLOGRAPHY; METALS;

ADSORPTION-INDUCED DISLOCATION EMISSIONS; FRACTOGRAPHIC; FRACTURE SURFACES; HYDROGEN ASSISTED CRACKING; HYDROGEN ENVIRONMENT EMBRITTLEMENT; HYDROGEN-ENHANCED DECOHESION; HYDROGEN-ENHANCED LOCALISED PLASTICITIES; LIQUID METAL EMBRITTLEMENT;

HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT;

EID: 84902559759     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1533/9780857093899.2.274     Document Type: Chapter

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