Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) of Low Alloy Linepipe Steels in Low H<sub>2</sub>S Content Sour Environment
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- Shimamura Junji
- JFE Steel Corporation, Steel Research Laboratory
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- Morikawa Tatsuya
- Department of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
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- Yamasaki Shigeto
- Department of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
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- Tanaka Masaki
- Department of Materials, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
Bibliographic Information
- Other Title
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- 低合金鋼ラインパイプの低H<sub>2</sub>S濃度サワー環境下における硫化物応力腐食割れ挙動
Description
<p>Resistance to Sulfide Stress Cracking (SSC) caused by local hard zones of pipe inner surface has been required in low alloy linepipe steel. In this study, using two samples with different surface hardness, the detailed SSC initiation behavior was clarified by four-point bend (4PB) SSC tests in which immersion time and applied stress were changed in a sour environment containing 0.15 bar hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gas. SSC cracks occurred when the applied stress was higher than 90% actual yield strength (AYS) in higher surface hardness samples over 270 HV0.1. From the fracture surface observation of SSC crack sample, it was found that the mechanism gradually shifted from active path corrosion (APC) to hydrogen embrittlement (HE), and that the influence of APC mechanism remained partially in the process of SSC initiation at the tip of corrosion pit or groove. The polarization measurement in the 4PB SSC test showed that the anodic and cathodic reactions (especially cathodic reactions) were activated when the applied stress was 90% AYS or higher. The FEM coupled analysis simulating the stress and strain concentration at the bottom tip of the corrosion groove and the hydrogen diffusion and accumulation was carried out. The principal stress in the tensile direction showed the maximum value at 0.04–0.06 mm away from the tip of the corrosion groove, and the hydrogen accumulation became the maximum. It was analytically found that the SSC crack initiated and propagated with HE mechanism dominated type when the threshold value of about 0.82 ppm is exceeded.</p>
Journal
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- ISIJ International
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ISIJ International 62 (10), 2095-2106, 2022-10-15
The Iron and Steel Institute of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390012324293473664
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- ISSN
- 13475460
- 18832954
- 09151559
- 00211575
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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- OpenAIRE
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- Abstract License Flag
- Disallowed