Nature Communications (Jul 2022)

Atomic-scale insights on hydrogen trapping and exclusion at incoherent interfaces of nanoprecipitates in martensitic steels

  • Binglu Zhang,
  • Qisi Zhu,
  • Chi Xu,
  • Changtai Li,
  • Yuan Ma,
  • Zhaoxiang Ma,
  • Sinuo Liu,
  • Ruiwen Shao,
  • Yuting Xu,
  • Baolong Jiang,
  • Lei Gao,
  • Xiaolu Pang,
  • Yang He,
  • Guang Chen,
  • Lijie Qiao

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31665-x
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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By trapping hydrogen, nanoprecipitates can mitigate the hydrogen embrittlement of high strength steels. Here, the authors report direct evidences on the structural and chemical features underlying distinct hydrogen-trapping behaviors at the incoherent interfaces of precipitates and steel matrix.