This book analyzes the effect of hydrogen on the atomic-level interactions in metals, detailing the corresponding changes in the physical properties of crystal lattice defects, diffusion, and phase transformations in metallic materials as a result of hydrogen loading. It presents a novel derivation of the structure of stacking faults, the mobility of dislocations, and short-range atomic order in hydrogen-infused metallic alloys based on the change in the concentration of free electrons. It reviews the current hypotheses behind hydrogen embrittlement of iron-, nickel, and titanium-based alloys, focusing on the phenomenon of hydrogen-enhanced localized plasticity and taking into account inherent atomic states in the alloys and other effects due to hydrogen loading. Finally, the book analyzes the use of hydrogen as an interim alloying element in the technological processing of titanium alloys, discussing the necessary preconditions for hydrogen-enhanced plasticity of metals. This book isan excellent resource for graduate students, academic researchers, and practicing engineers involved in the development of advanced hydrogen-resistant metallic materials.

About the Author

V. G. Gavriljuk is professor of solid state physics and principal scientific researcher at G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics (IMP), Kiev Ukraine. His current research interests include electron structure, short range atomic order and crystal lattice defects in metallic solid solutions. He is the author of about 400 articles and 6 books and supervisor of 18 PhD postgraduates.

V. M. Shyvaniuk, Doctor habilitatus (2015), is the head of department for physics of engineering materials at IMP. Education: Kiev National University (1996) and PhD at IMP (2002). Scholarship from the French Government (1998-2001). Prize of Ukrainian President for young scientists (2005) and a postdoctoral fellowship at University of Sciences and Technologies in Lille, France (2005-2006). He specializes in hydrogen-induced relaxation phenomena and phase transformations using mechanical spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction.

S. M. Teus, Doctor habilitatus (2018), is scientific researcher at department for physics of engineering materials, IMP, and assistant-professor at Kiev Academic University. Education: Kiev Technical University (2003), master degree (2005) and PhD (2007) at the Kiev branch of Moscow Institute of Physical Engineering. Prize of Ukrainian Parliament (2009), Alexander von Humboldt Foundation research fellowship for postdoctoral researches, Germany (2009-2011), French Embassy Scholarship (2012). Specializes in ab initio calculations of electron structure, mechanical spectroscopy, and mechanical tests.


Book Information
ISBN 9783030985493
Author V. G. Gavriljuk
Format Hardback
Page Count 290
Imprint Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Publisher Springer Nature Switzerland AG