A Modified Electrochemical Nanoindentation Setup for Probing Hydrogen-Material Interaction Demonstrated on a Nickel-Based Alloy

Autor: Ernst Plesiutschnig, Verena Maier-Kiener, Helmut Clemens, Steffen Brinckmann, Anna Sophie Ebner, Reinhard Pippan
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: JOM 72(5), 2020-2029 (2020). doi:10.1007/s11837-020-04104-9
JOM-Journal of the Minerals Metals & Materials Society
ISSN: 1543-1851
1047-4838
Popis: An electrochemical charging setup was implemented in a nanoindentation system to evaluate the sensitivity of technically relevant materials to hydrogen embrittlement. Corresponding changes in the nanomechanical properties such as the hardness, Young’s modulus and pop-in load can be measured and interpreted. A nickel-based alloy was examined in solution-annealed and aged condition. A hydrogen-induced hardness increase of 15% was measured for the solution-annealed sample. Aging the alloy leads to a reduced influence of hydrogen, lowering the hardness increase to 5%. For the solution-annealed sample, hydrogen charging-induced surface steps were observed and characterized with laser confocal microscopy and electron backscatter diffraction to reveal plastic deformation.
Databáze: OpenAIRE