Effects of Hydrogen and Carbon on Thermally Activated Deformation in Nickel.

Abstract

Deformation experiments were performed to determine the effects of hydrogen and carbon on the activation parameters for dislocation slip in nickel. The techniques used were isothermal stress relaxation and differential temperature measurements. These methods allowed determination of the activation enthalpy and activation area for dislocation motion in nickel and the effects of hydrogen and carbon on these parameters. The results show that hydrogen increases the dislocation mobility in Ni and Ni-C alloys by reducing the activation enthalpy for dislocation motion, while carbon reduces the dislocation mobility by increasing the activation enthalpy. Hydrogen solutes decrease the activation area for dislocation motion in both pure Ni and in Ni-C alloys.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1991
Accession Number
ADA240496

Entities

People

  • E. Sirois
  • H. K. Birnham

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Alloys
  • Elements
  • Embrittlement
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Equations
  • Hardening
  • Hydrogen
  • Materials
  • Materials Science
  • Measurement
  • Metals
  • Plastic Deformation
  • Shielding
  • Solid Solutions
  • Strain Rate
  • Yield Strength

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Electrochemical Engineering/ Fuel Cell Technologies
  • Mechanical Engineering/Mechanics of Materials.