Hydrogen in Steel : Effect of Hydrogen on Iron and Steel During Production, Fabrication, and Use

Hydrogen in Steel: Effect of Hydrogen on Iron and Steel During Production, Fabrication, and Use focuses on the effect of hydrogen on iron and steel during production, fabrication, and use. Topics covered range from the solubility of hydrogen in iron and ferrous alloys to the diffusion and permeation of hydrogen through iron and steel. Electrochemical problems related to the ability of iron to absorb hydrogen from aqueous solutions are also considered. Comprised of 19 chapters, this book begins with a detailed treatment of the nature and properties of metal-hydrogen systems, paying particular attention to the behavior of hydrogen in the bulk of the metal phase and the mechanism of reactions between metals and hydrogen or hydrogen-producing compounds. The reader is then introduced to the solubility of hydrogen in iron and ferrous alloys as well as the nature of the final product of the hydrogen-iron interaction. Subsequent chapters deal with dimensional changes and stresses produced in steel by cathodically evolved hydrogen; the effects of hydrogen on the physical, mechanical, and chemical properties of iron and steel; influence of welding on hydrogen; and sulfide corrosion cracking of steel. The effects of pickling on steel are also examined, along with the blistering and embrittlement caused by hydrogen on the base metal during electroplating. This book will be of value to students and practitioners in the field of physical chemistry. Content: Front Matter, Page iii Copyright, Page iv FOREWORD, Pages xiii-xiv ABBREVIATIONS, Pages xv-xvi CHAPTER 1 - METALS AND HYDROGEN, Pages 1-24 CHAPTER 2 - THE SOLUBILITY OF HYDROGEN IN IRON AND FERROUS ALLOYS, Pages 25-63 CHAPTER 3 - THE DIFFUSION AND PERMEATION OF HYDROGEN THROUGH IRON AND STEEL, Pages 64-130 CHAPTER 4 - ELECTROCHEMICAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO THE ABILITY OF IRON TO ABSORB HYDROGEN FROM AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS, Pages 131-153 CHAPTER 5 - DIMENSIONAL CHANGES AND STRESSES PRODUCED IN STEEL BY CATHODICALLY EVOLVED HYDROGEN, Pages 154-181 CHAPTER 6 - THE EFFECT OF HYDROGEN ON THE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF IRON AND STEEL, Pages 182-199 CHAPTER 7 - EFFECTS OF HYDROGEN ON THE MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF STEEL, Pages 200-268 CHAPTER 8 - CHEMICAL EFFECTS OF HYDROGEN, Pages 269-277 CHAPTER 9 - HYDROGEN EVOLUTION FROM STEEL, Pages 278-286 CHAPTER 10 - HYDROGEN AS ALLOYING ELEMENT IN STEEL, Pages 287-296 CHAPTER 11 - HYDROGEN IN STEELMAKING, Pages 297-326 CHAPTER 12 - FLAKES (HAIR-LINE CRACKS) PRODUCED BY HYDROGEN IN STEEL, Pages 327-346 CHAPTER 13 - HYDROGEN IN CAST IRON, Pages 347-353 CHAPTER 14 - HYDROGEN IN WELDING, Pages 354-364 CHAPTER 15 - HYDROGEN IN PICKLING, Pages 365-380 CHAPTER 16 - HYDROGEN IN ELECTROPLATING, Pages 381-388 CHAPTER 17 - THE SULPHIDE CORROSION CRACKING OF STEEL, Pages 389-410 CHAPTER 18 - ACTION OF HYDROGEN ON STEEL UNDER HIGH PRESSURE, Pages 411-420 CHAPTER 19 - DETERMINATION OF HYDROGEN IN IRON AND STEEL, Pages 421-443 SUBJECT INDEX, Pages 445-452