Study of the Hydrogen Traps in a High Strength TRIP Steel by Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy

Abstract:

Thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) is a very important tool in hydrogen related research. It allows to distinguish between the different types of microstructural hydrogen traps based on the analysis of the different temperatures at which hydrogen desorbs from the material during heating. These peak temperatures depend on the metallurgical and microstructural characteristics of the steel under investigation and provide important information on the possible mechanisms for hydrogen embrittlement (HE). In the present work, multiple TDS experiments and an in-depth study of the microstructure were performed on a TRIP steel (TRIP700) that was previously cold deformed in order to make a correlation between the microstructural features of this material, e.g. grain boundaries, dislocations, martensite formation and the peaks that became visible during TDS. The results obtained for the TRIP grade were compared with those obtained for electrolytic pure iron, which only contained a limited amount of possible trap sites such as grain boundaries and an increasing amount of dislocations due to previous application of cold deformation. Significant differences between both materials and a significant impact of the degree of cold deformation for TRIP steels were observed.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 706-709)
• Pages: 2253-2258
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.2253
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Diana Pérez Escobar, Lode Duprez, Kim Verbeken, Marc Verhaege
• Keywords: Activation Energy, High Strength Steel (HSS), Hydrogen Embrittlement, Hydrogen Traps, Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy

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