Effect of Pre-charging Hydrogen on Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Cr Alloy in High Temperature and High Pressure Water

doi:10.11902/1005.4537.2024.274

Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection

2025, Vol. 45

Issue (2): 338-346 DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2024.274

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Effect of Pre-charging Hydrogen on Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Cr Alloy in High Temperature and High Pressure Water

BAI Zhengqing, NONG Jing, WEI Shichen, XU Jian(

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School of Materials, Sun Yat-Sen University, Shenzhen 518107, China

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BAI Zhengqing, NONG Jing, WEI Shichen, XU Jian. Effect of Pre-charging Hydrogen on Corrosion Behavior of Ni-Cr Alloy in High Temperature and High Pressure Water. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2025, 45(2): 338-346.

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Four model Ni-Cr alloys with varying chromium content were pre-charged with hydrogen. Then their oxidation behavior was assessed in a high-temperature, high-pressure water (290 ^oC/9 MPa) for 720 h via scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Raman spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The results revealed that Cr-rich oxide scales of different structures were formed on both the hydrogen-charged and uncharged alloys. Notably, the thickness of oxide scales on the hydrogen charged alloys increased significantly compared to that on the uncharged ones, indicating that pre-hydrogen charging could accelerate the oxidation rate of the alloy in high-temperature high-pressure water. Moreover, as the Cr content increased, a denser Cr-rich oxide scale could form for the uncharged alloys, enhancing its protectiveness. However, under the influence of hydrogen pre-charging, selective dissolution of Ni-containing oxides occurred in the inner portion, leading to substantial voids beneath oxide scale and diminishing the protective capability of the oxidation scale.

Key words: Ni-Cr alloy high temperature high pressure water corrosion product pre-hydrogen charging

Received: 28 August 2024 32134.14.1005.4537.2024.274

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Fund: Shenzhen Science and Technology Program(2022A007);National Natural Science Foundation of China(52001336)

Corresponding Authors: XU Jian, E-mail: xujian3@mail.sysu.edu.cn

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Table 1 Chemical composition of Ni-Cr alloy

Fig.1 High temperature and high pressure dynamic corrosion test device

Fig.2 SEM image of morphology of the corrosion products of 10Cr (a), 15Cr (b), 20Cr (c) and 30Cr (d) without pre-hydrogen charging after immersion in deoxidized HTHP water for 720 h

Fig.3 SEM image of morphology of the corrosion products of 10Cr (a), 15Cr (b), 20Cr (c) and 30Cr (d) with pre-hydrogen charging after immersion in deoxidized HTHP water for 720 h

Fig.4 Raman spectra of the corrosion products formed on 10Cr (a), 15Cr (b), 20Cr (c) and 30Cr (d) with and without pre-hydrogen charging after immersion in deoxidized HTHP water for 720 h

Fig.5 SEM image of cross-sectional morphology of corrosion products formed on 10Cr (a, b), 15Cr (c, d), 20Cr (e, f) and 30Cr (g, h) without (a, c, e, g) and with (b, d, f, h) pre-hydrogen charging after immersion in deoxidized HTHP water for 720 h

Fig.6 TEM image (HAADF model) of cross-section morphology of corrosion products of 15Cr-N (a), 15Cr-H (b), 30Cr-N (c) and 30Cr-H (d)

Fig.7 TEM analysis of 30Cr-N corrosion product cross-section: (a) HAADF, (b) Box HRTEM image of the box in Fig.7a, (c-e) FFT patterns of the areas 1, 2, 3 in Fig.7b, (f-i) O, Ni, Cr, Fe elements mapping

Fig.8 TEM analysis of 30Cr-H corrosion product cross-section: (a) HAADF image, (b) HRTEM image in Fig.8a, (c-e) FFT patterns of the areas 1, 2, 3 in Fig.8b, (f-i) O, Ni, Cr, Fe elements mapping

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