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Austenitic stainless steel, and method for removing hydrogen therefrom

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-01-13
NAT INST OF ADVANCED IND SCI & TECH
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[0022]An object of the present invention is to provide an austenitic stainless steel for reducing the influence of hydrogen on the growth rate of fatigue cracks that occur in the austenitic stainless steel, and to provide a method for removing the hydrogen therefrom.
[0048]The present invention affords the following effect. In the present invention, an austenitic stainless steel is thermally treated at a temperature of 200° C. or higher, in an air atmosphere, to remove non-diffusible hydrogen and diffusible hydrogen that are present in the austenitic stainless steel, thereby making it possible to provide an austenitic stainless steel that is highly resistant to fatigue crack growth.

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However, even a semi-stable austenitic stainless steel can undergo mechanically-induced martensitic transformation due to cold-working and cyclic stress.
At present, however, sufficient analysis is still lacking on how non-diffusible hydrogen, which is present in crystals, and diffusible hydrogen, which is charged from the outside, are related to the aforementioned fatigue crack growth rate in austenitic stainless steels.
In addition, the relationships according to which diffusible hydrogen and non-diffusible hydrogen exert an influence on changes in the amount of martensitic transformation, on the effect of acceleration of the hydrogen diffusion rate, and on the fatigue crack growth rate in a material, have not been sufficiently elucidated.
In the past, however, fatigue tests have not taken this slow cycle into account.

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[0116]The experiment was performed on a thermally-treated test piece of SUS316. The test piece was a round bar 7 mm in diameter. For TDS measurement, a disc 7 mm in diameter and 0.8 mm thick was cut from the round bar. In the experiment the test piece was thermally-treated at 800° C. for 20 minutes. The atmospheres during the experiment were an air atmosphere, a vacuum environment (approximately 0.006 Pa), and an Ar gas atmosphere. The thermal treatment was performed while supplying Ar gas thereto. The heating rate was 0.5° C. / second up to 700° C. The escaped hydrogen was measured for heating up to 700° C.

[0117]The measurements were performed using a thermal desorption spectrometer (EMD-WA1000S / H) manufactured by ESCO, Ltd. (Musashino city, Tokyo, Japan). FIG. 12 shows the measurement results. In the graph, the horizontal axis represents the measurement temperature, and the vertical axis represents the hydrogen release intensity. The hydrogen concent...

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[0118]The experiment was performed on a thermally-treated test piece of SUH660. The test piece was a round bar 7 mm in diameter. For TDS measurement, a disc 7 mm in diameter and 0.8 mm thick was cut from the round bar. For the experiment, the test piece was thermally-treated at 720° C. for 16 hours. The experimental atmosphere was an air atmosphere and a vacuum environment (approximately 0.006 Pa). The hydrogen concentration of the test piece before the aging treatment was 1.3 wt ppm. The hydrogen concentration of the test piece after the aging treatment was 0.6 wt ppm.

[0119]In this manner, hydrogen content in the stainless steel could be removed by performing an aging treatment and the like during the manufacturing process of stainless steel. The heating rate for the TDS measurement was 0.33° C. / second up to 700° C. The escaped hydrogen was measured for heating up to 600° C. The measurements were performed using a thermal desorption spectrometer (EM...

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[0120]The experiment was performed on thermally-treated test pieces of SUS304 and SUS316L. The test pieces were disc-shaped samples having a diameter of 7 mm and a thickness of 0.4 mm. The experiment atmosphere in this thermal treatment was an air atmosphere at approximately 0.1013 MPa. In the experiment, the test pieces were aged by being placed in an air atmosphere at a temperature of 300° C. and 450° C., where a thermal treatment was carried out for 2 hours.

[0121]For TDS measurement there was used a disc 7 mm in diameter and 0.4 mm thick after thermal treatment. The measurements were performed using a thermal desorption spectrometer (EMD-WA1000S / H) manufactured by ESCO, Ltd. (Musashino city, Tokyo, Japan). FIGS. 14A and 14B show the measurement results. In the graphs, the horizontal axis represents the measurement temperature, and the vertical axis represents the hydrogen release intensity. The heating rate for the TDS measurement was 0.5° C. / seco...

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Abstract

The present invention focuses on diffusible hydrogen and non-diffusible hydrogen that cause hydrogen embrittlement in an austenitic stainless steel, and provides the austenitic stainless steel having diffusible hydrogen and non-diffusible hydrogen removed therefrom, and a method for removing hydrogen therefrom. In order to remove diffusible hydrogen and non-diffusible hydrogen, which cause hydrogen embrittlement in the austenitic stainless steel, an aging treatment is performed to the austenitic stainless steel at a temperature ranging from 200 to 1100° C. while being kept in an air atmosphere. As a result, the hydrogen (H) content in the austenitic steel is removed to 0.001 wt % (1 wt ppm) or less.

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TECHNICAL FIELD[0001]The present invention relates to an austenitic stainless steel having reduced hydrogen embrittlement and to a method for removing hydrogen therefrom. More specifically, the present invention relates to an austenitic stainless steel wherein there is a reduced influence of hydrogen present therein on the growth of fatigue cracks that occur in the austenitic stainless steel, and to a method for removing hydrogen therefrom.BACKGROUND ART[0002]The use of hydrogen as a next-generation energy source has received considerable attention from the standpoint of global environmental concerns. Hence, development and research on this topic are quite active. An important subject that has become the target of attention, in particular, is the development and practical application of stationary fuel cells, fuel cell-powered vehicles and the like that utilize hydrogen as fuel. The use of stainless steel as a material for high pressure hydrogen tanks and parts thereof, as well as p...

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IPC IPC(8): C21D6/00C22C38/00
CPCC21D9/28C21D9/30C21D2211/001C22C38/02C22C38/04C21D9/00C22C38/44C21D3/06C22C38/002C21D6/002C21D6/004C22C38/40C21D6/00
Inventor MURAKAMI, YUKITAKAMATSUOKA, SABUROMINE, YOJIKANEZAKI, TOSHIHIKO
Owner NAT INST OF ADVANCED IND SCI & TECH