General Info
Candidate: Dipl.-Ing. Matthias Eichinger
Chair: Chair of General and Analytical Chemistry
Start: 07/2021
End: 06/2024
Candidate profile: PhD researcher with corrosion and steel-performance focus under severe hydrogen environments.
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SCoRe A⁺ Research Detail
Hydrogen Embrittlement at High Pressures
High-pressure hydrogen uptake and embrittlement risk assessment for steels.
Supervisors / Mentors
Ao.Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Gregor Mori
Chair of General and Analytical Chemistry, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
Univ.-Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Dr.mont. Ronald Schnitzer
Chair of Design of Steels, Montanuniversitaet Leoben
🎯Targets
- Build high-temperature/high-pressure autoclave testing capability.
- Determine hydrogen uptake as function of pressure and temperature.
- Identify embrittlement thresholds for selected steels.
🏁Milestones
- First 1000 bar autoclave tests completed.
- Hydrogen uptake curves for carbon and stainless steels determined.
- Critical hydrogen content values established.
🧩Work Packages
- Laboratory infrastructure build-up and baseline experiments.
- Hydrogen uptake evaluation for carbon steel.
- Hydrogen uptake evaluation for stainless steel.
- Critical embrittlement threshold determination.
Context H₂-C
- Supports safe material selection for automotive and industrial high-pressure hydrogen storage.