1. Influence of vanadium on the hydrogen embrittlement of aluminized ultra-high strength press hardening steel
- Author
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Bruno C. De Cooman, Kyoung Rae Jo, Eun Jung Seo, Yeol Rae Cho, Dimas H. Sulistiyo, Lawrence Cho, Jin Keun Oh, and Seongwoo Kim
- Subjects
inorganic chemicals ,Materials science ,Hydrogen ,Mechanical Engineering ,Metallurgy ,Forming processes ,Vanadium ,chemistry.chemical_element ,02 engineering and technology ,Plasticity ,equipment and supplies ,021001 nanoscience & nanotechnology ,Condensed Matter Physics ,020501 mining & metallurgy ,fluids and secretions ,0205 materials engineering ,chemistry ,Mechanics of Materials ,Martensite ,Hardening (metallurgy) ,bacteria ,General Materials Science ,0210 nano-technology ,Brittle fracture ,Hydrogen embrittlement - Abstract
Improved safety standards and reduced automotive body-in-white weight have led to a strong interest in martensitic press hardening steel (PHS). As the sensitivity to hydrogen embrittlement of martensite increases at higher strength level, the very small uptake of diffusible hydrogen by aluminized PHS during the austenitization stage of the hot press forming process is of concern. The hydrogen uptake was found to reduce the plasticity of the PHS considerably. The PHS with a higher strength was more susceptible to hydrogen-induced brittle fracture. The present work reports that vanadium additions, which serve to trap the hydrogen, considerably reduce the negative impact of the hydrogen uptake in aluminized 1800 MPa and 2000 MPa PHSs. The contribution also proposes a mechanism for the uptake of hydrogen during the processing of aluminized PHS.
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- 2018