Effect of Strain Rate on Hydrogen Evolution during Deformation in Al-Zn-Mg Alloys

Abstract:

Hydrogen gas evolution behaviour during deformation and fracture in Al-Zn-Mg alloys with and without copper additions was examined by using a testing machine equipped with a quadrupole mass spectrometer in an ultrahigh vacuum chamber (QMS-UHV) and by a hydrogen microprint technique (HMT). The QMS-UHV testing revealed that hydrogen gas was evolved at the moment of grain boundary fracture, in particular. This suggested that hydrogen atoms primarily dissolved were trapped at the grain boundaries before the fracture. It was also revealed that hydrogen gas evolution behaviour was changed according to the testing strain rate. The HMT also revealed that silver particles, which represented the emission sites of hydrogen, were observed mainly around the second phase inclusions and the grain boundaries.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volumes 706-709)
• Pages: 295-300
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.706-709.295
• Online since: January 2012
• Authors: Keitaro Horikawa, Hiroyuki Yamada, Masahide Mutsuo, Hidetoshi Kobayashi
• Keywords: Al-Zn-Mg Alloy, Deformation, Hydrogen, Hydrogen Microprint Technique, Mass Spectrometry

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