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Detection of the initiation and growth of hydrogen-induced cracks in armco iron using continuous modulus measurements

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Samples of Armco iron were cathodically charged in a 1 N H2SO4 solution while their resonant frequency and internal friction were continuously monitored. The cathodic charging resulted in the initiation and growth of intergranular hydrogen-induced cracks which were later characterized by metallographic analysis. In all cases, the resonant frequency (from which the elastic modulus was calculated), decreased with the onset of cracking. A theoretical treatment by Bristow1 relating the decrease in elastic modulus to the presence of cracks in a material was modified to account for localized surface cracks. Good agreement was obtained between the measured resonant frequency (elastic modulus) loss and measured crack data from metallographic studies. The loss of resonant frequency as a function of time was found to be a two-part parallel exponential process, regardless of experimental conditions. The two processes, one far more rapid than the other, were consistent with different nucleation rates of hydrogen bubbles which produced the cracking.

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  1. Martin Marietta Corporation, B3085, P.O. Box 179, 80201, Denver, CO

    J. H. Armstrong (Senior Engineer)

  2. University of Denver, 80208, Denver, CO

    H. S. Carpenter (Professor of Physics)

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Armstrong, J.H., Carpenter, H.S. Detection of the initiation and growth of hydrogen-induced cracks in armco iron using continuous modulus measurements. Metall Trans A 19, 473–478 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02649261

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