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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2014
Applicant:
Southwest Research Institute, San Antonio, TX (US);
Inventors:
Xihua He, San Antonio, TX (US);
Maoqi Feng, San Antonio, TX (US);
Assignee:
SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE, San Antonio, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 8/10 (2006.01); C23C 18/34 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01); C23C 18/40 (2006.01); C23C 18/44 (2006.01); G21C 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/34 (2013.01); C23C 18/1689 (2013.01); C23C 18/40 (2013.01); C23C 18/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a method for accelerated hydriding of metallic substrates to evaluate the effects of hydrogen adsorption on substrate performance. The method includes applying to the substrate a metal that has an activation energy for hydrogen adsorption that is lower than the substrate activation energy for hydrogen adsorption. This is then followed by hydriding and evaluation of the effects of hydriding on substrate mechanical properties.