Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 2021, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (10): 1421-1426.DOI: 10.1007/s40195-021-01241-1

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Phase-Field Modeling of Hydrogen Diffusion and Trapping in Steels

Jun Zhang1, Jie Su2(), Boning Zhang1, Yi Zong1, Zhigang Yang1, Chi Zhang1, Hao Chen1()   

  1. 1Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
    2China Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing, 100081, China

Abstract:

Hydrogen embrittlement of steels is directly linked to hydrogen diffusion and trapping in the microstructure, which can hardly be precisely measured by modern experimental techniques. A phase-field model, in which a chemical potential well of hydrogen in the grain boundaries is introduced, is proposed to simulate hydrogen diffusion and trapping in the polycrystalline iron. It was interestingly found that grain boundaries, as connected trap sites, have a complex influence on the effective diffusivity of hydrogen, which are strongly linked to grain boundary diffusivity and binding energy.

Key words: Hydrogen embrittlement, Diffusion, Trapping, Grain boundaries, Phase-field model