Abstract
A new, semiempirical model of metals and impurities (embedded atom method) makes possible a static treatment of the brittle fracture of a transition metal in the presence of hydrogen. Results indicate that hydrogen can reduce the fracture stress in nickel.
- Received 3 February 1983
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1285
©1983 American Physical Society