Relationship between microstructural features in pipeline steel and hydrogen assisted degradation

Ohaeri, Enyinnaya; Eduok, Ubong; Szpunar, Jerzy A.

doi:10.1016/j.engfailanal.2018.11.008

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“…These authors concluded that pipeline steel with granular bainite, acicular ferrite, and quasi‐polygonal ferrite shows a high resistance to HIC while bainite lath and martensite/austenite represented a poor resistance against HIC cracking. Ohaeri et al found a correlation between microstructure of X70 pipeline steel and hydrogen‐assisted degradation. These authors observed that mid‐thickness of pipeline steel showed a higher resistance to hydrogen embrittlement than the top surface.…”

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A Comparative Study of the Role of Hydrogen on Degradation of the Mechanical Properties of API X60, X60SS, and X70 Pipeline Steels

Rahman

Mohtadi-Bonab

Ouellet

et al. 2019

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Three grades of high strength pipeline steel (API X60, X60SS, and X70) are subjected to cathodic hydrogen charging to determine the susceptibility of each steel grade to hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC). The specimens are subjected to tensile stress until failure to generate stress-strain, ductility, and toughness data. The fractured specimens are analyzed using a scanning electron microscope equipped with an EDS detector to determine crack initiation sites for the investigated grades of steel. The expectation that the X60SS steel grade will perform better than other grades is not met, instead it is found that under the cathodic hydrogen charging condition, the X60SS is more susceptible than the other two steel grades with respect to loss of toughness, ductility, and ultimate tensile strength. The presence of Ca-Albased inclusions is the most common along the fracture surfaces. Therefore, these inclusions also act as fairly strong trapping sites that under plastically strained conditions, they can result in fisheye features which severely impact the mechanical properties of the steel specimens.

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