EFFECTS OF NITROGEN AND CARBON ION IMPLANTATION INTO AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL ON HYDROGEN ABSORPTION
Terashima, K.;Minegishi, T.;Matsusaka, K.;
Chiba Inst. of Tech.;Shibaura Inst. of Tech.;
The effect of implanted nitrogen and carbon ion into SUS 304 on the absorption of hydrogen by cathodic chaging were studied. Implantations of $N^+$, $C^+$ were performed with doses of $3 imes10^{17}$ ions $ extrm{cm}^2$ and $5 imes10^{17}N^+cm^2$, and $5 imes10^{17}C^+cm^2$, at an energy of 90 keV. Nitrides and carbide were investigatedby X-ray diffraction, Auger electron spectroscopy (AES) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). Formation of hydrides during cathodic charging were depressed by a modified surface layer. It is concluded that the both nitrides and carbides act as the barrier of hydrogen migration and the catalyst of desorption of cathodically charged hydrogen.