摘要

In this work, corrosion and electrochemical hydrogen permeation behaviour of two grades of pipeline steel, X65 and X80 steels, were investigated by hydrogen-charging, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements and metallographic observation. It was found that the corrosion and hydrogen permeation behaviour of steels is affected by their metallurgical features. Upon hydrogen-charging, both high grade of X80 pipeline steel and low grade of X65 steel show enhanced corrosion activity. The electrochemical hydrogen permeation current measurements and calculations show that the X80 steel contains a higher density of hydrogen traps than X65 steel, which may potentially result in the increased susceptibility of X80 steel to hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC).