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Wet oxidation of stainless steels: New insights into hydrogen ingress...

Publication Type
Journal
Journal Name
Corrosion Science
Publication Date
Page Numbers
1633 to 1638
Volume
53
Issue
5

detrimental
effect. However, the complexities of tracking hydrogen in these materials have prevented the
direct profiling of hydrogen ingress needed to understand these phenomena. Here we report hydrogen
profiles in industrially-relevant alumina- and chromia-forming steels correlated with the local oxidemetal
nano/microstructure by use of SIMS D2O tracer studies and experimental protocols to optimize
D retention. The D profiles unexpectedly varied markedly among the alloys examined, which indicates
mechanistic complexity but also the potential to mitigate detrimental water vapor effects by manipulation of alloy chemistry.