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  • Grain Refinement Effect on ...
    Kong, Taein; Wang, Haoyu; Lee, Taekyung; Koyama, Motomichi; Akiyama, Eiji

    ISIJ International, 2024/02/28, Letnik: 64, Številka: 4
    Journal Article

    The hydrogen embrittlement (HE) resistance of a fine-grained equiatomic CoCrFeNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) is investigated via tensile testing under electrochemical H charging. The HE behavior is compared with that of HEA specimens charged with 100 MPa of H gas. The fine-grained HEA shows > 40% elongation with a tensile strength of ~800 MPa under electrochemical H charging. Meanwhile, H gas-charged specimens with a uniform distribution of H show deformation twin-related intergranular cracks, whose initiation length decreases owing to grain refinement. Such small cracks, which feature blunted tips, do not significantly affect the fracture of the specimens. The electrochemically H-charged specimens exhibit numerous surface cracks because of their higher surface H content compared with that of the H gas-charged specimens. Nevertheless, similar to the case of the H gas-charged specimens, most of the cracks do not propagate significantly. In conclusion, fine-grained HEA exhibits remarkable resistance to H-related crack growth.