As for steels for pressure vessel used in hydrogen environment, hydrogen embrittlement is one of the most important problem for the integrity of the vessel. The threshold stress intensity (K
IH) is considered as one of the most reliable parameter to evaluate the susceptibility of steel to hydrogen embrittlement. Then, the test for K
IH measurement was carried out using WOL specimens with different specimen thicknesses immersed in H
2S saturated 0.5 percent acetic acid solution at 25°C. The materials used were 80kgf/mm
2 class strength quenched and tempered steel with the thickness of 127mm.
The results obtained are as follows;
1) K
IH value decreased with decreasing specimen thickness and increasing the ratio of the specimen surface area to the volume of test solution (specific volume of solution).
2) Time dependence of hydrogen absorption in aqueous solution of H
2S varied with specimen thickness and specific volume of solution. This phenomena was able to be explained analytically by a hydrogen diffusion model which has boundary conditions that the hydrogen concentration at surface of steels depends on the corrosion rate.
3) A single relationship between K
IH value and hydrogen concentration calculated by the hydrogen diffusion model was obtained. In this relationship there is neither thickness effect nor specific volume of solution effect. This relationship should be the inherent hydrogen embrittlement characteristics of the steel.
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