SIST EN ISO 11114-4:2017

Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas contents - Part 4: Test methods for selecting steels resistant to hydrogen embrittlement (ISO 11114-4:2017)

This document specifies test methods and the evaluation of results from these tests in order to qualify
steels suitable for use in the manufacture of gas cylinders (up to 3 000 l) for hydrogen and hydrogen
bearing embrittling gases.
This document only applies to seamless steel gas cylinders.
The requirements of this document are not applicable if at least one of the following conditions for the
intended gas service is fulfilled:
— the working pressure of the filled embrittling gas is less than 20 % of the test pressure of the
cylinder;
— the partial pressure of the filled embrittling gas of a gas mixture is less than 5 MPa (50 bar) in the
case of hydrogen and other embrittling gases, with the exception of hydrogen sulphide and methyl
mercaptan; in such cases, the partial pressure shall not exceed 0,25 MPa (2,5 bar).
NOTE In such cases, it is possible to design the cylinder as for ordinary (non-embrittling) gases.

Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Verträglichkeit von Werkstoffen für Gasflaschen und Ventile mit den in Berührung kommenden Gasen - Teil 4: Prüfverfahren zur Auswahl von Stählen, die gegen Wasserstoffversprödung unempfindlich sind (ISO 11114-4:2017)

Dieses Dokument legt Prüfverfahren und die Beurteilung von Ergebnissen dieser Qualifikations¬prüfungen von Stählen, die für die Herstellung von Gasflaschen (bis 3 000 l Fassungsraum) für Wasserstoff und wasserstoffhaltige versprödende Gase geeignet sind, fest.
Dieses Dokument gilt ausschließlich für nahtlose Gasflaschen aus Stahl.
Die Anforderungen dieses Dokuments sind nicht anwendbar, wenn mindestens eine der folgenden Bedingungen für den vorgesehenen Gasbetrieb erfüllt ist:
   der Betriebsdruck des für die Füllung vorgesehenen versprödenden Gases beträgt weniger als 20 % des Prüfdrucks der Flasche;
   der Partialdruck des für die Füllung vorgesehenen versprödenden Gases aus einem Gasgemisch im Falle von Wasserstoff und anderen versprödenden Gasen beträgt weniger als 5 MPa (50 bar), mit Ausnahme von Schwefelwasserstoff und Methylmercaptan: bei welchen in diesem Falle der Partialdruck 0,25 MPa (2,5 bar) nicht überschreiten darf.
ANMERKUNG   In derartigen Fällen ist es möglich, die Gasflaschen so auszulegen, wie für gewöhnliche (nicht versprödende) Gase.

Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Compatibilité des matériaux et des robinets avec les contenus gazeux - Partie 4: Méthodes d'essai pour le choix des aciers résistants à la fragilisation par l'hydrogène (ISO 11114-4:2017)

ISO 11114-4:2017 spécifie des méthodes d'essai et l'évaluation des résultats de ces essais permettant de qualifier les aciers pouvant être utilisés pour fabriquer des bouteilles à gaz (jusqu'à 3 000 l) pour l'hydrogène et les gaz hydrogénés fragilisants.
Le présent document s'applique uniquement aux bouteilles à gaz en acier sans soudure.
Les exigences du présent document ne s'appliquent pas si au moins l'une des conditions suivantes concernant l'utilisation avec le gaz prévu, est remplie:
-      la pression d'utilisation du gaz fragilisant dans la bouteille représente moins de 20 % de la pression d'épreuve de la bouteille;
-      la pression partielle du gaz fragilisant du mélange gazeux contenu dans la bouteille représente moins de 5 MPa (50 bar) dans le cas de l'hydrogène et d'autres gaz fragilisants, sauf pour le sulfure d'hydrogène et le méthyle de mercaptan; dans de tels cas, la pression partielle ne doit pas dépasser 0,25 MPa (2,5 bar).
NOTE          Dans de tels cas, il est possible de concevoir les bouteilles comme pour des gaz ordinaires (non fragilisants).

Premične plinske jeklenke - Združljivost materialov za ventil in jeklenko s plinom - 4. del: Preskusne metode za izbiro jekel, odpornih proti vodikovi krhkosti (ISO 11114-4:2017)

Ta dokument določa preskusne metode in oceno rezultatov teh preskusov za kvalificiranje jekel, primernih za uporabo pri izdelavi plinskih jeklenk (do 3000 l) za vodik in pline z vodikovo krhkostjo.
Ta dokument se uporablja samo za nevarjene plinske jeklenke iz jekla.
Zahteve tega dokumenta ne veljajo, če je izpolnjen vsaj eden od naslednjih pogojev za predviden plin:
– delovni tlak napolnjenega krhkega plina znaša manj kot 20 % preskusnega tlaka v jeklenki;
– delni tlak napolnjenega krhkega plina ali plinske mešanice znaša manj kot 5 MPa (50 barov) v primeru vodika in drugih krhkih plinov, z izjemo vodikovega sulfida in metil merkaptana; v takšnih primerih delni tlak ne sme preseči 0,25 MPa (2,5 bara).
OPOMBA: V takšnih primerih se lahko jeklenko konstruira kot za običajne (nekrhke) pline.

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 09-Nov-2015
• Publication Date: 07-Jun-2017
• ICS: 23.020.35 - Gas cylinders
• ICS: 23.060.40 - Pressure regulators
• Technical Committee: TLP - Pressure vessels
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 19-Apr-2017
• Due Date: 24-Jun-2017
• Completion Date: 08-Jun-2017
• Directive: 94/55/EC - Transport of dangerous goods by road
• Directive: 96/49/EC - Transport of dangerous goods by rail
• Directive: 96/86/EC - Transport of dangerous goods by road (94/55/EC Dir. amendment)
• Directive: 96/87/EC - Transport of dangerous goods by rail (96/49/EC Dir. amendment)
• Mandate: M/086 - Mandate to CEN for standardization in the field of transport of dangerous goods
• Ref Project: EN ISO 11114-4:2017 - Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas contents - Part 4: Test methods for selecting steels resistant to hydrogen embrittlement (ISO 11114-4:2017)

Relations

• Replaces: SIST EN ISO 11114-4:2005 - Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas contents - Part 4: Test methods for selecting metallic materials resistant to hydrogen embrittlement (ISO 11114-4:2005)
• Effective Date: 01-Jul-2017
• Replaces: SIST EN ISO 11114-4:2005 - Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas contents - Part 4: Test methods for selecting metallic materials resistant to hydrogen embrittlement (ISO 11114-4:2005)
• Effective Date: 08-Jun-2022

Standards Content (Sample)

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Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas
contents - Part 4: Test methods for selecting steels resistant to hydrogen embrittlement
(ISO 11114-4:2017)
Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Verträglichkeit von Werkstoffen für Gasflaschen und
Ventile mit den in Berührung kommenden Gasen - Teil 4: Prüfverfahren zur Auswahl von
Stählen, die gegen Wasserstoffversprödung unempfindlich sind (ISO 11114-4:2017)
Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Compatibilité des matériaux et des robinets avec les
contenus gazeux - Partie 4: Méthodes d'essai pour le choix des aciers résistants à la
fragilisation par l'hydrogène (ISO 11114-4:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 11114-4:2017
ICS:
23.020.35 Plinske jeklenke Gas cylinders
23.060.40 7ODþQLUHJXODWRUML Pressure regulators
SIST EN ISO 11114-4:2017 en,fr,de
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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EN ISO 11114-4
EUROPEAN STANDARD

NORME EUROPÉENNE

April 2017
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 23.020.35 Supersedes EN ISO 11114-4:2005
English Version

Transportable gas cylinders - Compatibility of cylinder and
valve materials with gas contents - Part 4: Test methods
for selecting steels resistant to hydrogen embrittlement
(ISO 11114-4:2017)
Bouteilles à gaz transportables - Compatibilité des Ortsbewegliche Gasflaschen - Verträglichkeit von
matériaux et des robinets avec les contenus gazeux - Werkstoffen für Gasflaschen und Ventile mit den in
Partie 4: Méthodes d'essai pour le choix des aciers Berührung kommenden Gasen - Teil 4: Prüfverfahren
résistants à la fragilisation par l'hydrogène (ISO zur Auswahl von Stählen, die gegen
11114-4:2017) Wasserstoffversprödung unempfindlich sind (ISO
11114-4:2017)
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European foreword
This document (EN ISO 11114-4:2017) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 58 “Gas
cylinders” in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC 23 “Transportable gas cylinders” the
secretariat of which is held by BSI.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by October 2017, and conflicting national standards shall
be withdrawn at the latest by October 2017.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN [and/or CENELEC] shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent
rights.
This document supersedes EN ISO 11114-4:2005.
This document has been prepared under a mandate given to CEN by the European Commission and the
European Free Trade Association.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 11114-4:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 11114-4:2017 without any
modification.


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SIST EN ISO 11114-4:2017
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 11114-4
Second edition
2017-04
Transportable gas cylinders —
Compatibility of cylinder and valve
materials with gas contents —
Part 4:
Test methods for selecting steels
resistant to hydrogen embrittlement
Bouteilles à gaz transportables — Compatibilité des matériaux et des
robinets avec les contenus gazeux —
Partie 4: Méthodes d’essai pour le choix des aciers résistants à la
fragilisation par l’hydrogène
Reference number
ISO 11114-4:2017(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms . 2
3.1 Terms and definitions . 2
3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 3
4 General requirements . 3
5 Test methods . 4
5.1 Disc test (method A) . 4
5.1.1 Principle of test . 4
5.1.2 Test conditions and procedure . 4
5.1.3 Treatment and interpretation of test results . 6
5.1.4 Failure in conducting test . 7
5.1.5 Test report . 7
5.2 Fracture mechanics test (method B) .10
5.2.1 Principle of the test method .10
5.2.2 Test procedure .10
5.2.3 Test results .14
5.3 Test method to determine the resistance to hydrogen assisted cracking of steel
cylinders (method C) .14
5.3.1 General.14
5.3.2 Specimen configurations and numbers of tests .15
5.3.3 Fatigue precracking .15
5.3.4 Specimen testing procedure .15
5.3.5 Test procedure .16
5.3.6 Crack growth examination .16
5.3.7 Cylinder material qualification .17
5.3.8 Failure in conducting test .17
5.3.9 Test report .17
5.4 Tensile tests .17
Bibliography .18
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Foreword
ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards
bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out
through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical
committee has been established has the right to be represented on that committee. International
organizations, governmental and non-governmental, in liaison with ISO, also take part in the work.
ISO collaborates closely with the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) on all matters of
electrotechnical standardization.
The procedures used to develop this document and those intended for its further maintenance are
described in the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1. In particular the different approval criteria needed for the
different types of ISO documents should be noted. This document was drafted in accordance with the
editorial rules of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 2 (see www .iso .org/ directives).
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. ISO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. Details of
any patent rights identified during the development of the document will be in the Introduction and/or
on the ISO list of patent declarations received (see www .iso .org/ patents).
Any trade name used in this document is information given for the convenience of users and does not
constitute an endorsement.
For an explanation on the meaning of ISO specific terms and expressions related to conformity assessment,
as well as information about ISO’s adherence to the World Trade Organization (WTO) principles in the
Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) see the following URL: www . i so .org/ iso/ foreword .html.
The committee responsible for this document is ISO/TC 58, Gas cylinders.
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 11114-4:2005), which has been
technically revised with the following changes:
— improvement of the procedure corresponding to Method C and adjustment of acceptance criteria;
— light modifications on procedures corresponding to Method A and Method B.
A list of parts in the ISO 11114 series can be found on the ISO website.
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Introduction
It is widely recognized that compressed hydrogen and some hydrogen bearing gases can have an
embrittling effect on steels. This embrittling effect has resulted in the failure of hydrogen gas cylinders
(including some bursts) that has led gas cylinder users and manufacturers to adopt specific measures.
The adoption of these measures has eliminated all known failures of hydrogen cylinders from this
embrittlement phenomenon as far has been reported.
The basic recommendation is to limit the tensile strength of the steels (see ISO 11114-1) and eliminate
manufacturing defects.
This tensile strength limit of 950 MPa was developed for quenched and tempered gas cylinders of
34 Cr Mo 4 type steels using steelmaking practices, chemistry and manufacturing techniques typical
of those used during the early 1980’s and successfully used for filling pressures up to 300 bar. This
practice has been in widescale use up to the current time. Other higher pressures, although at lower
tensile strength limits, have also been used.
In recent years, improvements in steelmaking, e.g. by reducing the sulphur and phosphorus contents,
have indicated the possibility of increasing the tensile strength limit of 950 MPa for embrittling gas
service. Experimental work has shown that the relevant parameters affecting hydrogen embrittlement
are the following:
a) microstructure resulting from the combination of the chemistry and the heat treatment;
b) mechanical properties of the material;
c) applied stress;
d) internal surface imperfections resulting in local stress concentrations;
e) characteristics of the gas contained (composition, quality, pressure, etc.).
When developing this document, only the material aspects, a) and b) and the characteristics of the
gas e) above, were considered. Other essential features, c) and d), are covered by the relevant parts of
ISO 9809.
Some low alloy steels other than 34 Cr Mo 4 may require tensile strength to be lower than 950 MPa, or
may be permitted to be higher than 950 MPa, to be suitable for the manufacture of gas cylinders for
embrittling gas service.
This document specifies test methods to identify steels which, when combined with the cylinder
manufacturing requirements specified in ISO 9809 (all parts), will result in cylinders suitable for use in
embrittling gas service.
These tests have been developed following an extensive world-wide programme which incorporated
laboratory and full scale tests. See also AFNOR FD E29-753.
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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ISO 11114-4:2017(E)
Transportable gas cylinders — Compatibility of cylinder
and valve materials with gas contents —
Part 4:
Test methods for selecting steels resistant to hydrogen
embrittlement
1 Scope
This document specifies test methods and the evaluation of results from these tests in order to qualify
steels suitable for use in the manufacture of gas cylinders (up to 3 000 l) for hydrogen and hydrogen
bearing embrittling gases.
This document only applies to seamless steel gas cylinders.
The requirements of this document are not applicable if at least one of the following conditions for the
intended gas service is fulfilled:
— the working pressure of the filled embrittling gas is less than 20 % of the test pressure of the
cylinder;
— the partial pressure of the filled embrittling gas of a gas mixture is less than 5 MPa (50 bar) in the
case of hydrogen and other embrittling gases, with the exception of hydrogen sulphide and methyl
mercaptan; in such cases, the partial pressure shall not exceed 0,25 MPa (2,5 bar).
NOTE In such cases, it is possible to design the cylinder as for ordinary (non-embrittling) gases.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 7539-1, Corrosion of metals and alloys — Stress corrosion testing — Part 1: General guidance on testing
procedures
ISO 7539-6:2011, Corrosion of metals and alloys — Stress corrosion testing — Part 6: Preparation and use
of precracked specimens for tests under constant load or constant displacement
ISO 9809-1, Gas cylinders — Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders — Design, construction and testing —
Part 1: Quenched and tempered steel cylinders with tensile strength less than 1 100 MPa
ISO 9809-2, Gas cylinders — Refillable seamless steel gas cylinders — Design, construction and testing —
Part 2: Quenched and tempered steel cylinders with tensile strength greater than or equal to 1 100 MPa
ISO 11114-1:2012, Gas cylinders — Compatibility of cylinder and valve materials with gas contents —
Part 1: Metallic materials
ISO 11120, Gas cylinders — Refillable seamless steel tubes of water capacity between 150 l and 3000 l —
Design, construction and testing
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3 Terms, definitions, symbols and abbreviated terms
3.1 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply. Some of the definitions
used are based upon those in ISO 7539-1 and ISO 7539-6.
ISO and IEC maintain terminological databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
• IEC Electropedia: available at http:// www .electropedia .org/
• ISO Online browsing platform: available at http:// www .iso .org/ obp
3.1.1
embrittling gases
gases which can cause cracking of metal due to the combined action of stress and hydrogen atoms
Note 1 to entry: Embrittling gases are listed as groups 2 and 11 in ISO 11114-1:2012, A.4.
3.1.2
hydrogen rupture pressure
P
H2
maximum pressure recorded during the hydrogen rupture pressure test
3.1.3
helium rupture pressure
P
He
maximum pressure recorded during the helium rupture pressure test
3.1.4
hydrogen embrittlement index
maximum value of the ratio P /P as a function of the pressure rise rate
He H2
3.1.5
environmentally-assisted cracking
synergistic effect on a metal caused by the simultaneous action of a particular environment and a
nominally static tensile stress, which results in the formation of cracking
3.1.6
threshold stress
stress above which a crack will initiate and grow, for the specified test conditions
3.1.7
plane strain stress intensity factor
K
1
function of applied load, crack length and specimen geometry having dimensions of stress × length
which uniquely define the elastic-stress field intensification at the tip of a crack subjected to opening
mode displacements (mode I)
Note 1 to entry: K uniquely defines the elastic stress field intensification at the tip of a crack subjected to opening
1
mode displacements.
3.1.8
threshold stress intensity factor for susceptibility to environmentally-assisted cracking
K
1H
stress intensity factor above which an environmentally-assisted crack will initiate and grow, for
the specified test conditions under conditions of high constraint to plastic deformation, i.e. under
essentially plane strain conditions
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3.2 Symbols and abbreviated terms
a effective crack length measured from the crack tip to the loading plane
a average value of a
0
B specimen thickness
e mean disc thickness
m
E modulus of elasticity
K applied elastic stress-intensity factor
IAPP
K threshold stress intensity factor
1H
m elastic displacement per unit load
P applied load
P actual rupture pressure
r
P ′ corrected rupture pressure
r
P ′ corrected hydrogen rupture pressure
r H2
P ′ theoretical helium rupture pressure corresponding to the same pressure rise rate as for the
r He
hydrogen test, calculated by regression from the corrected helium rupture pressure
R actual value of tensile strength
m
V crack-mouth opening displacement (CMOD) defined as the mode 1 (also called opening-mode)
component of crack displacement due to elastic and plastic deformation, measured at the
location on a crack surface that has the greatest elastic displacement per unit load, m
W effective width of a compact specimen, measured from the back face to the loading plane
Y stress intensity factor coefficient derived from the stress analysis for a particular specimen
geometry, which relates the stress intensity factor for a given crack length to the load and
specimen dimensions
HAC hydrogen assisted cracking
4 General requirements
The test methods as described in Clause 5 are valid for all designed working pressures. The test shall
be performed at room temperature at not less than the designed working pressure. All tests shall be
conducted to evaluate the hydrogen embrittlement taking into account conditions that will be found in
the intended application. The composition of the tested gas shall have a concentration of embrittling gas
not less than the maximum concentration in the intended application. The tests shall be performed for
selecting steels for hydrogen/embrittling gases and mixtures cylinders. Chromium-molybdenum steels,
quenched and tempered with a guaranteed maximum actual ultimate tensile strength of 950 MPa,
do not need to be tested and can safely be used for the construction of hydrogen/embrittling gases
cylinders; however, H S mixtures at more than 100 bar working pressure need to be tested. For carbon-
2
manganese steels, different limits on ultimate tensile strength apply (as described in ISO 9809-1).
The tests described in Clause 5 are “qualification tests” for a given steel composition and heat treatment.
This means that the tests need not be repeated for each type, as defined in ISO 9809 (all parts), of
cylinder once a steel has been qualified for a specific design strength level.
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The test samples shall be taken from a representative cylinder or from a piece of tube (for long
cylinders, according to ISO 11120), representative of the relevant manufacturing process including heat
treatment.
The test samples shall have a mechanical strength not lower than the maximum intended tensile
strength to be used for the cylinders to be manufactured. If it is intended later to increase the maximum
strength of the steel, a new qualification test shall be performed.
With respect to the possible variation of the chemical composition, the chemistry of the steel tested shall
be recorded in the qualification test report and the difference in chemistry for the steels actually used
for the cylinders shall not exceed the “permissible difference” according to ISO 9809-2. In addition, for
sulphur and phosphorus, these permissible differences are limited to 0,005 % and 0,010 %, respectively.
In no case shall the phosphorus content of either the qualification or the production cylinders exceed
0,015 %.
With respect to the heat treatment, the manufacturer shall specify the relevant temperatures and
times, and the quenching conditions (if relevant). Any modification to the heat treatment needing a new
type approval according to ISO 9809-2 requires a new qualification test.
For the qualification of a given steel for the manufacturing of gas cylinders, method A, B, or C can be
used (see 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3, respectively). Additionally, tensile tests shall be carried out (see 5.4).
5 Test methods
5.1 Disc test (method A)
5.1.1 Principle of test
A mounted test piece in the shape of a disc is subjected to an increasing gas pressure at constant rate
to burst or to crack. The embrittling effect of hydrogen (or other embrittling gas) is evidenced by
comparing the hydrogen rupture pressures, P , with the helium rupture pressures, P , helium being
H2 He
chosen as a reference gas.
The ratio P /P shall be determined.
He H2
The lower the ratio, the less susceptible the steel will be to embrittlement. This ratio is dependent on
the pressure rise rate, which shall remain constant during the whole test.
NOTE Hydrogen/embrittling gases rupture pressures also depend on the hydrogen purity. Oxygen or traces
of water vapour can partially inhibit the hydrogen embrittlement effect.
5.1.2 Test conditions and procedure
5.1.2.1 Sample disc
The sample disc shall be flat and ground (or machined to an equivalent surface finish), and shall have
the following characteristics.
Dimensions:
0
— diameter: 58 mm;
−0,05
— thickness: 0,75 mm ± 0,01 mm;
— flatness: less than 1/10 mm deflection.
NOTE 1 The hydrogen rupture pressures are in the range of 300 bar. If it is intended to evaluate the steel for
higher working pressure, thickness higher than 0,75 mm can be used.
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SIST EN ISO 11114-4:2017
ISO 11114-4:2017(E)

NOTE 2 For gases intended to be used at maximum working pressure less than 100 bar, the test results could
be conservative. In such case, the test could be repeated with disk at thickness such that the failure pressure is
no more than service pressure.
Surface condition (both sides):
— roughness: Ra value (see ISO 4287) less than 0,001 mm; the roughness of the samples used for both
H and He tests shall be equivalent;
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— no visible oxides.
The following operations shall be performed to verify the sample quality.
— Immediately after the final preparation and prior to the testing, store the samples in a dry
atmosphere, i.e. a desiccator.
— Degrease the sample and check thickness at 4 points taken 90° apart to define a mean thickness.
— Determine the disc’s hardness (e.g. Vickers) over its outer circumference (outside the O-ring zone)
to verify that machining has not altered the original material properties.
5.1.2.2 Cell and other apparatus
The cell (see Figure 2) is compos
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