Souza Filho, I. R.; Ma, Y.; Raabe, D.; Springer, H.: Fundamentals of Green Steel Production: On the Role of Gas Pressure During Hydrogen Reduction of Iron Ores. JOM-Journal of the Minerals Metals & Materials Society 75, pp. 2274 - 2286 (2023)
Springer, H.; Baron, C.; Tanure, L.; Rohwerder, M.: A combinatorial study of the effect of Al and Cr additions on the mechanical, physical and corrosion properties of Fe. Materials Today Communications 29, 102947 (2021)
Pinson, M.; Springer, H.; Depover, T.; Verbeken, K.: The effect of quench cracks and retained austenite on the hydrogen trapping capacity of high carbon martensitic steels. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 46 (29), pp. 16141 - 16152 (2021)
Baron, C.; Werner, H.; Springer, H.: On the effect of carbon content and tempering on mechanical properties and stiffness of martensitic Fe–18.8Cr–1.8B–xC high modulus steels. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 809, 141000 (2021)
Pinson, M.; Springer, H.; Depover, T.; Verbeken, K.: Qualification of the in-situ bending technique towards the evaluation of the hydrogen induced fracture mechanism of martensitic Fe–C steels. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 792, 139754 (2020)
Baron, C.; Springer, H.: Property-Driven Development of Metallic Structural Materials by Combinatorial Techniques on the Example of Fe–C–Cr Steels. Steel Research International 90 (12), 1900404 (2019)
Springer, H.; Zhang, J.; Szczepaniak, A.; Belde, M. M.; Gault, B.; Raabe, D.: Light, strong and cost effective: Martensitic steels based on the Fe - Al - C system. Materials Science and Engineering A: Structural Materials Properties Microstructure and Processing 762, 138088 (2019)
Hydrogen in aluminium can cause embrittlement and critical failure. However, the behaviour of hydrogen in aluminium was not yet understood. Scientists at the Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung were able to locate hydrogen inside aluminium’s microstructure and designed strategies to trap the hydrogen atoms inside the microstructure. This can…
In this project we investigate the hydrogen distribution and desorption behavior in an electrochemically hydrogen-charged binary Ni-Nb model alloy. The aim is to study the role of the delta phase in hydrogen embrittlement of the Ni-base alloy 718.
Smaller is stronger” is well known in micromechanics, but the properties far from the quasi-static regime and the nominal temperatures remain unexplored. This research will bridge this gap on how materials behave under the extreme conditions of strain rate and temperature, to enhance fundamental understanding of their deformation mechanisms. The…
Microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC) of iron by marine sulfate reducing bacteria (SRB) is studied electrochemically and surfaces of corroded samples have been investigated in a long-term project.
For understanding the underlying hydrogen embrittlement mechanism in transformation-induced plasticity steels, the process of damage evolution in a model austenite/martensite dual-phase microstructure following hydrogenation was investigated through multi-scale electron channelling contrast imaging and in situ optical microscopy.
We plan to investigate the rate-dependent tensile properties of 2D materials such as HCP metal thin films and PbMoO4 (PMO) films by using a combination of a novel plan-view FIB based sample lift out method and a MEMS based in situ tensile testing platform inside a TEM.
Oxidation and corrosion of noble metals is a fundamental problem of crucial importance in the advancement of the long-term renewable energy concept strategy. In our group we use state-of-the-art electrochemical scanning flow cell (SFC) coupled with inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP-MS) setup to address the problem.
Hydrogen embrittlement affects high-strength ferrite/martensite dual-phase (DP) steels. The associated micromechanisms which lead to failure have not been fully clarified yet. Here we present a quantitative micromechanical analysis of the microstructural damage phenomena in a model DP steel in the presence of hydrogen.