Podcast Episode 18: Preventing Hydrogen Embrittlement

Podcast Episode 18: Preventing Hydrogen Embrittlement

In this episode of the Metals Conversations podcast I discuss the hydrogen embrittlement mechanism and the engineering steps needed to prevent hydrogen embrittlement of steel fasteners.

See my blog post on hydrogen embrittlement to learn more.

 

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About the author

Michael Pfeifer, Ph.D., P.E., is President of Industrial Metallurgists and a metallurgical engineering consultant with more than 30 years of experience in product design, manufacturing, failure analysis, and metallurgy training. He helps clients worldwide solve design and manufacturing problems and is the author of Materials Enabled Designs.

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