Effect of hydrogen pre-charging on the tensile properties of the boron-containing multi-principal element alloys

Qiancheng Zhao; Hong Luo; Lifeng Hou; Zejun Li; Xiaochen Liu; Yue Chang; Eugen Rabkin

doi:10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113137

Effect of hydrogen pre-charging on the tensile properties of the boron-containing multi-principal element alloys

Qiancheng Zhao
, Hong Luo
, Lifeng Hou
, Zejun Li
, Xiaochen Liu
, Yue Chang
, Eugen Rabkin

Materials Science & Engineering

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The tensile performance of a boron-containing Ni_43.9Co_22.4Fe_8.8Al_10.7Ti_11.7B_2.5 multi-principal element alloy was studied through tensile tests after electrochemical hydrogen pre-charging. Hydrogen pre-charging notably reduced both the elongation and strength of the alloys. Brittle cracking regions and an increased number of cracks appeared at the hydrogen pre-charged alloys after tensile deformation. Tensile cracks in the hydrogen pre-charged samples propagated in the mixed intergranular and transgranular cracking modes. Grain boundaries containing the hexagonal close-packed phases were susceptible to crack propagation. The cracking behavior of the hydrogen pre-charged alloys was attributed to the combined hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity and hydrogen-enhanced decohesion mechanisms.

Original language	English GB
Article number	113137
Journal	Corrosion Science
Volume	255
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.corsci.2025.113137
State	Published - Oct 2025

Keywords

Cracking
Deformation microstructure
Hydrogen embrittlement
Multi-principal element alloys

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General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
General Materials Science

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