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Increasing hydrogen concentrations in pressurized CH4-H2 mixed-gas environments increases the hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility of X70 pipeline steel by progressively weakening the crack-arresting resistance of its inherent heterogeneous microstructure. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Investigate hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility, cracking behavior, and the role of microstructural heterogeneity in API X70 pipeline steel under pressurized CH4–H2 mixed-gas environments.

August 27, 2026Journal of Manufacturing and Materials ProcessingOpen Access

Role of Inherent Heterostructure in Hydrogen-Induced Cracking of API X70 Pipeline Steel Under Pressurized CH4-H2 Mixed-Gas Environments

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Investigate hydrogen embrittlement susceptibility, cracking behavior, and the role of microstructural heterogeneity in API X70 pipeline steel under pressurized CH4–H2 mixed-gas environments.
Conducted slow strain rate tensile testing on API X70 steel exposed to CH4–H2 gas blends containing 5% to 20% H2 at a total pressure of 7 MPa.
Employed thermal desorption spectroscopy, fractography, and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) to evaluate hydrogen uptake, fracture modes, and local crack evolution.
Increasing hydrogen fraction progressively degraded tensile strength and elongation, transitioning the failure mode from micro-void coalescence to quasi-cleavage fracture.
Fine-grained regions effectively arrested cracks at lower hydrogen fractions, but this barrier mechanism failed at higher fractions where cracks initiated ahead of pre-existing flaws and propagated along grain boundaries.

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Experimental investigation demonstrates microstructural crack-arrest failure in X70 pipeline steel exposed to pressurized methane-hydrogen blends, highlighting embrittlement risks at high hydrogen...

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Kang et al. (2026) studied this question.

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Experimental investigation demonstrates microstructural crack-arrest failure in X70 pipeline steel exposed to pressurized methane-hydrogen blends, highlighting embrittlement risks at high hydrogen...

Role of Inherent Heterostructure in Hydrogen-Induced Cracking of API X70 Pipeline Steel Under Pressurized CH4-H2 Mixed-Gas Environments

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