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Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection  2023, Vol. 43 Issue (2): 415-420    DOI: 10.11902/1005.4537.2022.097
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Effect of V and Nb on Hydrogen Traps in High Strength Low Alloy Steel
PENG Hao, CHENG Xiaoying(), LI Xiaoliang, WANG Zhaofeng, CAI Zhenxiang
Institute of Materials, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200072, China
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Abstract  

With the ultilization and development of deep-sea resources, the traditional high strength low alloy steel can not completely meet the service requirements for the complex deep-sea environment, therefore, it is necessary to find a new way to solve the hydrogen embrittlement. As an example, the hydrogen diffusion behavior of high strength low alloy steel with and without addition of 0.15%V+0.05%Nb was studied by using double cell method in this article. Meanwhile, the grain size of the prior austenite and dislocation density were measured by scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope (TEM) and X-ray diffractometer (XRD), respectively. The reversible hydrogen trap density in steel was calculated from the original austenite grain size and dislocation density, which was correlated with the hydrogen content in the steel measured by hydrogen analyzer. The results showed that V and Nb can increase the density of reversible hydrogen traps due to the grain refinement and the increase of dislocation density, which may result from the formation of carbides in steels, then reduce the hydrogen diffusion coefficient, as well as increase the activation energy of the hydrogen diffusion and hydrogen content in the steel.

Key words:  high strength steel low alloy steel      hydrogen diffusion      hydrogen trap      dislocation density     
Received:  08 April 2022      32134.14.1005.4537.2022.097
ZTFLH:  TG142.1  
Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51871145)
About author:  CHENG Xiaoying, E-mail: chengxy@staff.shu.edu.cn

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PENG Hao, CHENG Xiaoying, LI Xiaoliang, WANG Zhaofeng, CAI Zhenxiang. Effect of V and Nb on Hydrogen Traps in High Strength Low Alloy Steel. Journal of Chinese Society for Corrosion and protection, 2023, 43(2): 415-420.

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Fig.1  SEM images of 0V+0Nb steel (a) and 0.15V+0.05Nb steel (b) (red dashed line-schematic-ally indicates a prior austenite grain boundary)
Fig.2  TEM images of 0V+0Nb steel (a) and 0.15V+0.05Nb steel (b)
Fig.3  FWHM cosθ/λ-sinθ/λ relationship of 0V+0Nb steel and 0.15V+0.05Nb steel
Fig.4  Hydrogen permeation curves measured at different temperatures and the variation of hydrogen diffusion coefficients with temperature for 0V+0Nb steel and 0.15V+0.05Nb steel: (a) two previous hydrogen permeation curves of 0V+0Nb and 0.15V+0.05Nb; (b) hydrogen permeation curves of 0V+0Nb at different temperatures; (c) hydrogen permeation curves of 0.15V+0.05Nb at different temperatures; (d) variation of hydrogen diffusion coefficient with temperature
SteelNgr / cm-3Ndis / cm-3H0 h / mol·cm-3NH / cm-3θTH24 h / mol·cm-3
0V+0Nb2.65×10195.81×10194.19×10-52.59×10190.311.76×10-5
0.15V+0.05Nb3.86×10191.33×10208.08×10-54.99×10190.294.91×10-5
Table 1  Hydrogen concentration and different types of hydrogen traps density in tested steels
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