Abstract
This study investigates the effect of a hydrogen/natural gas mixture on the mechanical properties of API X42 pipeline steel using small punch (SP) test. The hydrogen-assisted fracture behavior demonstrated a transition from ductile to brittle failure, similar to the temperature-assisted brittle fracture mode. The preferential sites for hydrogen-assisted crack initiation in the X42 pipeline steel were located at the ferrite/pearlite interface, where hydrogen diffusion is enhanced by localized stress/strain conditions. The feasibility of the hydrogen environment embrittlement susceptibility obtained in the SP test and the correlation to the conventional test method is also discussed.
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