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Effect of alloying elements and structure on the resistance of structural steels to hydrogen embrittlement

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The data presented indicate that steels intended for operation in media containing hydrogen sulfide should be alloyed with chromium, molybdenum, vanadium, niobium, aluminum, and copper.

The resistance to HE and HSC is highest for low-alloy steels with a fine-grained ferritic-pearlitic structure and alloy steels with a structure of temper sorbite.

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I. P. Bardin Central Scientific-Research Institute of Ferrous Metallurgy. Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 1, pp. 2–14, January, 1978.

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Golovanenko, S.A., Zikeev, V.N., Serebryanaya, E.B. et al. Effect of alloying elements and structure on the resistance of structural steels to hydrogen embrittlement. Met Sci Heat Treat 20, 3–14 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00670433

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