In-situ investigations of hydrogen influenced crack initiation and propagation under tensile and low cycle fatigue loadings in RPV steel
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Abstract Present work aims to unveil the mechanism of hydrogen embrittlement (HE) in SA508 Grade 3 Class I low alloy reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steel. In-situ tensile and low cycle fatigue (LCF) tests are performed on specially designed specimens using tensile/fatigue testing stage under scanning electron microscope (SEM). Electrochemical hydrogen charging resulted in localized void formation at prior austenite grain boundaries (PAGBs) during tensile loading. Alongside the hydrogen induced weakening of PAGBs due to synergetic HELP (hydrogen enhanced localized plasticity) and HEDE (hydrogen enhanced decohesion) mechanisms of HE, fish-eyes formation around Al2O3–SiO2 type inclusions are the primary factors for hydrogen enhanced tensile properties degradation in subject RPV steel. During LCF loading, crack initiation and propagation is facilitated by long rod inter-lath cementite particles distributed along the bainitic ferrite lath boundaries in the un-charged specimen. In case of hydrogen charged specimen, the edge crack formed during LCF loading propagated through the specimen by cleavage. Predominantly plasticity (slip) driven transgranular crack propagation occurred in un-charged specimen. In contrary, hydrogen charging resulted in LCF crack to propagate in mixed intergranular and transgranular manner during early stages of propagation, whereas once the crack length exceeded 5 to 6 grains, cleavage type transgranular crack propagation was observed.
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OpenAlex topics: Hydrogen embrittlement and corrosion behaviors in metals · Nuclear Materials and Properties · Fatigue and fracture mechanics
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