Hydrogen embrittlement and strain rate sensitivity of electrodeposited copper: part II – hydrogen dynamics
Desmond D C Williams, Ali Riahi, Anatolie Carcea, Taylor Martino, Nicholas A Senior, Jason D Giallonardo, Peter Keech, Suraj Y Persaud, Mark R Daymond, Roger C Newman · 2026
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Desmond Williams and co-authors study how hydrogen gets trapped inside plated copper and weakens it, in a 2026 paper that follows an earlier part of the study. The first part found a puzzling loss of stretch in the copper that depended on pull speed. Here the team heat the metal and measure the hydrogen that escapes, to learn where it sits.
The tests found three trap sites with distinct binding strengths. Baking tests checked whether heating could drive the hydrogen out and restore stretch. A new plating recipe cut hydrogen content sharply, from about twenty-six parts per million to about three. The authors argue only hydrogen in weak traps feeds the weakening. The work matters for copper coatings on used nuclear fuel containers.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Desmond D C Williams, Ali Riahi, Anatolie Carcea, Taylor Martino, Nicholas A Senior, Jason D Giallonardo, Peter Keech, Suraj Y Persaud, Mark R Daymond, Roger C Newman |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 37 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |