TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steam turbine last stage blade steels
T2 - Comparison between PH17-4 steel and PH13-8Mo steel
AU - Li, Xinfeng
AU - Zhang, Jin
AU - Fu, Qinqin
AU - Akiyama, Eiji
AU - Song, Xiaolong
AU - Shen, Sicong
AU - Li, Qizhen
PY - 2019/1/10
Y1 - 2019/1/10
N2 - Hydrogen embrittlement behaviors of PH17-4 steel and PH13-8Mo steel used as steam turbine last stage blades were investigated by means of slow strain rate tensile tests and hydrogen permeation tests. The results indicate that PH13-8Mo steel exhibits higher strength level mainly due to higher precipitate strengthening and lath strengthening compared with PH17-4 steel in the absence of hydrogen. Moreover, pre-hydrogen charging does not affect tensile strength of PH17-4 steel, but decreases tensile strength of PH13-8Mo steel. The plasticity of PH17-4 steel and PH13-8Mo steel is degraded after hydrogen charging and the deterioration is accompanied with considerable change in fracture mode. The loss of plasticity of PH13-8Mo steel is higher than that of PH17-4 steel, indicating that PH13-8Mo steel exhibits lower resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, which is mainly related to higher hydrogen diffusion behaviors and higher strength level of PH13-8Mo steel. Additionally, PH17-4 steel exhibits lower apparent hydrogen diffusion coefficient and higher apparent hydrogen solubility in comparison with those of PH13-8Mo steel, which implies that incoherent Cu-rich precipitates in PH17-4 steel possess higher capability to trap hydrogen atoms than that of coherent NiAl precipitates in PH13-8Mo steel.
AB - Hydrogen embrittlement behaviors of PH17-4 steel and PH13-8Mo steel used as steam turbine last stage blades were investigated by means of slow strain rate tensile tests and hydrogen permeation tests. The results indicate that PH13-8Mo steel exhibits higher strength level mainly due to higher precipitate strengthening and lath strengthening compared with PH17-4 steel in the absence of hydrogen. Moreover, pre-hydrogen charging does not affect tensile strength of PH17-4 steel, but decreases tensile strength of PH13-8Mo steel. The plasticity of PH17-4 steel and PH13-8Mo steel is degraded after hydrogen charging and the deterioration is accompanied with considerable change in fracture mode. The loss of plasticity of PH13-8Mo steel is higher than that of PH17-4 steel, indicating that PH13-8Mo steel exhibits lower resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, which is mainly related to higher hydrogen diffusion behaviors and higher strength level of PH13-8Mo steel. Additionally, PH17-4 steel exhibits lower apparent hydrogen diffusion coefficient and higher apparent hydrogen solubility in comparison with those of PH13-8Mo steel, which implies that incoherent Cu-rich precipitates in PH17-4 steel possess higher capability to trap hydrogen atoms than that of coherent NiAl precipitates in PH13-8Mo steel.
KW - Hydrogen diffusion behaviors
KW - Hydrogen embrittlement
KW - Precipitation-hardening martensitic steels
KW - Slow strain rate tensile tests
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U2 - 10.1016/j.msea.2018.10.086
DO - 10.1016/j.msea.2018.10.086
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85056567939
VL - 742
SP - 353
EP - 363
JO - Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
JF - Materials Science & Engineering A: Structural Materials: Properties, Microstructure and Processing
SN - 0921-5093
ER -