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Hydrogen Embrittlement of Advanced High-Strength Steel for Automobile Application: A Review

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The hydrogen embrittlement (HE) fracture of advanced high-strength steels used in lightweight automobiles has received increasing public attention. The source, transmission, and movement of hydrogen, characterization parameters, and test methods of HE, as well as the characteristics and path of HE fractures, are introduced. The mechanisms and modes of crack propagation of HE and hydrogen-induced delayed fracture are reviewed. The recent progress surrounding micro and macro typical fracture characteristics and the influencing factors of HE are discussed. Finally, methods for improving HE resistance can be summarized as follows: (1) reducing crystalline grain and inclusion sizes (oxides, sulfides, and titanium nitride), (2) controlling nano-precipitates (niobium carbide, titanium carbide, and composite precipitation), and (3) increasing residual austenite content under the reasonable tension strength of steel.

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This work was financially supported by the State Key Laboratory of Vehicle NVH and Safety Technology (NVHSKL-202104), and the innovation research group of universities in Chongqing (CXQT21030, CXQT19031).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Vehicle NVH and Safety Technology, Chongqing, 401122, China

    Ming-Tu Ma & Ke-Jian Li

  2. China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd., Chongqing, 401122, China

    Ming-Tu Ma

  3. School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, Chongqing University of Science & Technology, Chongqing, 401331, China

    Ke-Jian Li, Yu Si & Peng-Jun Cao

  4. CITIC Metal Co. Ltd, Beijing, 100004, China

    Hong-Zhou Lu & Ai-Min Guo

  5. RAL of Dongbei University, Shenyang, 110819, China

    Guo-Dong Wang

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Ma, MT., Li, KJ., Si, Y. et al. Hydrogen Embrittlement of Advanced High-Strength Steel for Automobile Application: A Review. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 36, 1144–1158 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-022-01517-0

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