Hydrogen Embrittlement of Metals and Alloys
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 June 2025 | Viewed by 5717
Special Issue Editors
Interests: hydrogen embrittlement; structural materials for aerospace applications; computational materials and simulation of plasticity; material design; material processing; microstructure modelling; computational materials science; steel and ferrous alloys
Interests: H in metals; H-materials interaction; materials microstructure and processing design for circular economy (Circular Metals); nano-engineering of high-performance steels for mobility and renewable energy applications; multi-scale correlative characterization of materials microstructure, e.g. SEM/EDX/EBSD/TKD/TEM/3D atom probe/synchrotron/neutron
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Hydrogen plays a pivotal role in decarbonising sectors in which emissions are difficult to remove, including heavy goods vehicles, maritime, aerospace and power generation, etc. This will not only increase the demand for clean hydrogen production but also promote material development across the hydrogen supply chain, from improving hydrogen generation infrastructures, to designing large hydrogen storage systems and fast hydrogen transportation networks, as well as employing hydrogen as an energy vector. Metals are widely utilized across these applications, and it is critical to understand how hydrogen may affect their structural integrity under existing and new operating environments.
In this Special Issue, we welcome submissions on the fundamental and applied research of Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals, with the aim of addressing known challenges relating to structural components of the hydrogen supply chain. Topics on the mechanisms of hydrogen-related mechanical degradation, hydrogen adsorption, diffusion, and trapping, as well as on the development of novel hydrogen-tolerant materials are welcome. Studies based on the development of multi-scale experimental and/or simulation methods are particularly encouraged.
Dr. Enrique Galindo-Nava
Prof. Dr. Wenwen Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- hydrogen embrittlement
- hydrogen diffusion and trapping
- hydrogen permeation
- material damage
- hydrogen storage
- hydrogen transport
- metal manufacturing
- high-strength steels
- non-ferrous alloys
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