The hydrogen concentration limit and critical temperatures for a delayed hydride cracking (DHC) in zirconium alloys have been described on the assumption that a tensile stress gradient is a driving force for the DHC. By correlating the DHC initiation ...
The hydrogen concentration limit and critical temperatures for a delayed hydride cracking (DHC) in zirconium alloys have been described on the assumption that a tensile stress gradient is a driving force for the DHC. By correlating the DHC initiation and arrest temperatures with the critical supersaturated hydrogen concentration or △C for the DHC initiation and arrest, we conclude that the △C arising from the hysteresis of the terminal solid solubility of hydrogen on a heat-up and on a cool-down is the driving force for the DHC and that the Kim's DHC model is feasible.