Abstract: Hydrogen attack occurred in low carbon steel and steel 25CrMo which had been exposed in hydrogen under 18MPa at 450 and 500℃ for 240,480 and 720 h.The methane bubbles and microcracks grow along grain boundaries.The degree of hydrogen attack increases with increasing exposure time and temperature.Magnetic acoustic emission(MAE) was used to detect the degree of hydrogen attack.The results show that the characteristics of MAE for samples of low carbon steel and steel 15CrMo with hydrogen attack have changed obviously comparing to the samples without hydrogen attack,and the MAE signals was sensitive to the degree of hydrogen attack at the last stage of hydrogen attack.The magnetic detection way,as a new method of nonrestrictive testing of hydrogen attack,can be used to detect the hydrogen attack in practice.

Key words: magnetic acoustic emission, hydrogen attack, low carbon steel, steel 15 CrMo