Hydrogen Embrittlement in Metals and Alloys

This book provides a complete description of hydrogen technologies from the basic theoretical underpinnings to the different production routes for various applications. It summarizes the most recent research findings with respect to theory and the broad array of industrial technologies currently in place as well as those under development with high potential. Special attention is given to the hydrogen embrittlement mechanisms at room and high temperatures as well as problems related to hydrogen in liquid and high-pressure compressed states.  The author further describes the hydrogen diffusion embrittlement issues related to different types of metallic materials from steel to light alloys to nikel-based superalloys.

HYDROGEN: ENERGY VECTOR AND FUEL.- HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT: FUNDAMENTALS.- HYDROGEN EMBRITTLMENT: THE CASE OF STAINLESS STEELS.- HYDROGEN EMBRITTLMENT: THE CASE OF HIGH STRENGTH STEELS.- HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT: THE CASE OF TITANIUM.- HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT: THE CASE OF NICKEL.

Dr. Pasquale Cavaliere is Professor of Metallurgy at the University of Salento in Italy and Full Professor of Metallurgy at the Oulu University in Finland in the Process Metallurgy Research Unit. He received his PhD from the University of Rome “Tor Vergata”. He has served as the Marie Curie Fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Materials Science and Engineering Department. He is the author of over 400 papers, which have garnered over 6000 citations.