G4 PHOENIX

• Avoid embrittlement, hydrogen-induced cracking and other costly failures

Accurate And Fast Diffusible Hydrogen Measurements

• Thermal Desorption Mass Spectrometry (TDMS )

 

Ppb (ng/g) Limit of Detection for Hydrogen

• The highly sensitive thermal conductivity detector allows analysis down to a sub-ppm range, while the optional mass spectrometer allows detection limits in the low ng/g range.

10 Volumes Of The Automated Gas Dosing Calibration System

• Ensure linearity and traceability of your calibration over a wide dynamic range.

30 mm Diameter Of The Furnace Tube

• Suitable to accept large samples like sheet metal or welding specimen according to AWS A4.3.

Accurate and rapid diffusible hydrogen measurements allow you to avoid embrittlement, hydrogen-induced cracking and other costly failures.
Hydrogen-induced damage is a wide-spread and dreaded phenomenon. During welding, hydrogen is generated from the dissociation of water vapor (e.g. humidity) or hydrocarbons in the welding arc, and the molten metal can rapidly pick up hydrogen. Once in the metal, hydrogen atoms can diffuse swiftly inside the microstructure of the metal. Diffusible hydrogen causes hydrogen induced cracking (also known as cold or delayed cracking), where components fail under the influence of mechanical stress - suddenly and without prior indication. Thus, diffusible hydrogen is critical to assess because of embrittlement, hydrogen induced or assisted cracking (HIC/HAC) or hydrogen delayed fracture among other damaging effects.

 

Key Benefits:

• High-end, long term stable thermal conductivity detector (TCD) with dedicated reference gas channel, heat exchanger and ng/g analysis capabilities
• Unique infrared (IR) furnace with low thermal mass for accurate temperature control, programmable rapid heating (and cooling) up to 900°C accepting large samples
• Optional thermocouple kit for direct sample temperature readings
• Additional resistance heated furnace for higher temperatures up to 1100 °C as option
• Automatic and reliable gas calibration with hydrogen or helium over the entire measurement range by the integrated gas dosing unit with 10 different volumes
• Optional interface to external sampling canisters to cover the GC method of ISO 3690
• G4 PHOENIX MS with quadrupole mass spectrometer improves the detection limit by more than one order of magnitude, enabling evaluation of ultra-low diffusible hydrogen concentrations or isotopes and studies of different hydrogen traps in steel

 

Why Do I Need Diffusible Hydrogen Analysis?

• Hydrogen induced cracking and embrittlement is a dangerous phenomenon. Although high-strengths steels and oxygenated copper grades are particular susceptible to hydrogen embrittlement, an uptake of diffusible hydrogen affects many more metals but depends to a large extend on the environmental and process conditions, like ambient moisture. There is a risk to introduce hydrogen in every mechanical, thermal and galvanic manufacturing step, especially during welding and soldering.
• The rapid method applied by the G4 PHEONIX can deliver results in less than 30 min, whereas traditional methods require multiple days. Thus, it is the only method allowing a feasible pre-welding testing for diffusible hydrogen. This allows users to optimize their process to avoid costly failures, before they are done.

 

G4 PHOENIX Applications:

• Industrial, Metals, Welding
• Industrial, Automotive & Aerospace
• Material Research, Alloy Development

 

Specifications:

	Specification	Benefit
Detector
G4 PHOENIX	Thermal conductivity detector with reference channel and adjustable gain amplifier	Reliable, adjustable ranges, drift free
G4 PHOENIX MS	Mass spectrometer, m/z range 1 - 100 amu, single quadrupole, optimized EI source and channeltron detector	Unique mass spectrometry performance
Furnaces
Infrared Heated	IR furnace up to 900 ºC, i.d. of quartz tube 30 mm, water cooled, optinal thermocouple kit for direct sample temperature readings	Precise temperature control, flexible heating programms, accepts large samples
Resistance Heated (Option)	Additional resistance heated furnace up to 1100 ºC, i.d. of quartz tube 18 mm	Residual hydrogen in multi-phase duplex steels
Carrier Gas	Nitrogen 99.995% purity, min. 2 bar (~ 50 psi), 99.9990% purity for trace analysis	Pre-cleaning using regenerateable molecular sieve
Calibration Gas	With pure gases (H2 or He) or certified mixtures (each component 99.999% purity), automatic gas dose calibration system with 10 individual volumes	Easy, precise gas calibration without standards, traceable to P, T, V
Cooling Water	1 l/min @ 3 bar (44 psi)	Fast cool down, standard tap water compatible, water-saving design with water-stop valve, chiller also possible
Power Supply
G4 PHOENIX	230 VAC (± 10 %), 50-60 Hz, 2200 VA	Industry standard power and current configurations
Mass Spectrometer	230 VAC, 50-60 Hz, 250 VA
Dimension & Weight
G4 PHOENIX	630 x 700 x 670 mm (W x D x H), weight ~ 50 kg
Mass Spectrometer	630 x 640 x 480 mm (W x D x H), weight ~ 60 kg