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Effect of applied potential on fatigue crack propagation behavior of API X80 steel in seawater

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In the present study, the fatigue crack propagation (FCP) tests were conducted on X80 steel in air and artificial seawater (ASW) under various applied potentials to establish optimum and safe working limits of cathodic protection (CP). The slow strain rate test (SSRT) was also conducted on the X80 BM specimens in ASW under CP potential to identify the susceptibility of hydrogen affecting the FCP behavior. The CP potential of −850 and −1,050 mVSCE suppressed the environmental effect of seawater on the FCP behavior of X80 BM and WM specimens, showing almost identical da/dN-ΔK curves for both air and ASW environments. The SSRT in ASW under CP potential of −1,050 mVSCE suggested that the X80 BM specimen steel is susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement, but the effect of hydrogen was believed to be marginal in affecting the FCP behavior of the X80 specimens at a loading frequency of 10 Hz. The FCP behavior of high strength X80 steel is discussed based on the fractographic observation to understand the FCP mechanism in seawater under various CP potentials.

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  1. Mineral Resources Research Division, Korea Institute of Geoscience & Mineral Resources, Daejeon, 305-350, Korea

    Youngju Kim, Jaeki Kwon & Namsub Woo

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gyeongsang National University, ReCAPT, Chinju, 660-701, Korea

    Daeho Jeong & Sangshik Kim

  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Oita University, Oita-shi, 887-1192, Japan

    Masahiro Goto

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Kim, Y., Kwon, J., Jeong, D. et al. Effect of applied potential on fatigue crack propagation behavior of API X80 steel in seawater. Met. Mater. Int. 20, 851–858 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-014-5009-7

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