Dual roles of pearlite microstructure to interfere/facilitate gaseous hydrogen-assisted fatigue crack growth in plain carbon steels
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Abstract Fatigue crack growth of two carbon steels with different pearlite volume fractions were studied in pressurized gaseous hydrogen environment. Notably, pearlite was found to mitigate hydrogen-assisted fatigue crack acceleration. This positive impact of pearlite was ascribed to ferrite/cementite lamellar aligned perpendicularly to the cracking direction, which functioned as barriers to intermittently arrest the crack propagation. Meanwhile, brittle delamination fracture ensued in the pearlite lamellar lying parallel to the crack-plane increased the crack growth rate and compromised the above positive effect to some extent. The material behavior is rationalized in light of fractographical observations and microstructural analyses of the crack-wake.
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OpenAlex topics: Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals · Material Properties and Failure Mechanisms · Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Steels
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