Solving embrittlement is a multi-billion-dollar question.
Why hydrogen causes steels to become brittle and crack is the great conundrum of engineers and researchers looking to develop large-scale transport and storage solutions for the hydrogen age – an era which Australia hopes to lead by 2030.
They may now be one step closer to understanding how hydrogen affects steels, thanks to new DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-45017-4
The study was funded by the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Project, an Early Career Industry Fellowship, a Future Fellowship, LIEF, a 2019 University of Sydney (Postdoctoral) Fellowship, and the Taiwan-University of Sydney Scholarship.