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Role of temperature and strain rate on the hydrogen-induced intergranular rupture in alloy 600

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Tensile tests were conducted at various temperatures (77 to 550 K) and strain rates (10−5 to 10−1 s−1) in order to study the effects of hydrogen on the ductility loss and the intergranular fracture of hydrogen-charged (32 wt ppm) tensile specimens of alloy 600. The H-induced intergranular cracking was shown to require H segregation to grain boundaries (GBs) during plastic deformation. The concordance between the temperature/strain rate domains, where H-induced intergranular rupture of alloy 600 is observed and those of H transport by dislocations, is in favor of a major influence of this mechanism of H transport on the intergranular rupture of H-charged alloy 600 in the 180 to 500 K temperature range. The possible contribution of this mechanism to intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC) of alloy 600 in the pressurized water reactor (PWR) environment is discussed.

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Chêne, J., Brass, A.M. Role of temperature and strain rate on the hydrogen-induced intergranular rupture in alloy 600. Metall Mater Trans A 35, 457–464 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-004-0356-5

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