Hydrogen-enhanced decohesion mechanism of the Ni-Ni3X interfaces in precipitation-hardened Ni-based alloysShow others and affiliations
2023 (English)In: Journal of Alloys and Compounds, ISSN 0925-8388, E-ISSN 1873-4669, Vol. 963, article id 171186Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Ni and its alloys are susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement. In this study, we investigate the phenomenon of hydrogen-enhanced decohesion at inter-phase interfaces in precipitation-hardened Ni-based alloys using a systematic first-principles approach. We demonstrate that hydrogen atoms primarily prefer to localize at the Ni3Al phase in the Ni/Ni3Al interface, while they tend to be trapped by Ni in the Ni/Ni3Nb interface. Our findings reveal that hydrogen induces inter-phase embrittlement in both the Ni/Ni3Al and Ni/Ni3Nb interfaces. Moreover, we show that the hydrogen-enhanced decohesion at these interfaces is influenced by various factors such as hydrogen pressure, hydrogen content, temperature, and strain. Finally, we discuss in detail the hydrogen-enhanced decohesion mechanisms at the Ni/Ni3Al and Ni/Ni3Nb interfaces, including their electronic structures, energy landscape of hydrogen at trapping sites, and schematics of crack propagation.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Elsevier, 2023. Vol. 963, article id 171186
Keywords [en]
Hydrogen embrittlement, Hydrogen segregation, Hydrogen-enhanced decohesion mechanism (HEDE), Ni3X-type precipitates, Precipitation-hardened Ni-based alloys
National Category
Metallurgy and Metallic Materials
Research subject
Applied Physics
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-99409DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2023.171186ISI: 001036781100001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85164406393OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ltu-99409DiVA, id: diva2:1786590
Note
Godkänd;2023;Nivå 0;2023-08-09 (hanlid);
Funder: National Natural Science Foundation of China (52101152, 51604240, 52074032, 51974029. 52071136); Provincial Natural Science Foundation of Hunan (2022JJ40438, 2022JJ30564); State Key Laboratory of Powder Metallurgy of Central South University; Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation (2021B1515120033); Beijing Natural Science Foundation (2232084)
2023-08-092023-08-092023-08-09Bibliographically approved