Study on Hydrogen Content in Cord Steel by Carrier gas hot extraction

Abstract

Cord steel has very strict requirements on the content of impurities. Hydrogen is a harmful gas element in steel and is the cause of hydrogen embrittlement. In this work, the Carrier gas hot extraction method is used to measure the hydrogen content of 77A steel. It was found that the measured value of hydrogen content was related to cooling capability of the mold. It is found that with the increasing of cooling speed of the mold, the hydrogen content increases. The measured hydrogen content can roughly reflect the hydrogen content in the liquid alloy by using the cast iron mold with faster cooling speed.