The superalloys were heat-treated so as to obtain various microstructures. The H permeability (tables 35 and 36) and diffusivity (tables 37 and 38) were then determined by using a gaseous H permeation technique to study the effect of the microstructure upon the permeation behavior at temperatures ranging from 210 to 430C. It was shown that the temperature dependences of H permeability and diffusivity obeyed an Arrhenius law, and that the precipitated strengthening phases hardly affected the H permeation and diffusion behavior in IN718, but the H permeability and diffusivity in the aged condition were all slightly lower than those in the solution-treated condition for GH761.

J.Xu, X.K.Sun, Q.Q.Liu, W.X.Chen: Metallurgical Transactions A, 1994, 25[3], 539-44

 

 

 

Table 35

Permeability of H in IN718

 

 

Heat Treatment

 

0(mol/msMPa½)

 

Q(kJ/mol)

 

 

cold-rolled 75%

 

0.000198

 

59.03

980C, 2h; ac

0.000236

60.19

980C, 2h; ac; 720C, 8h; fc(50C/h); 620C 8h; ac

0.000212

59.53

980C, 2h; ac; 720C, 100h; ac

0.000259

62.69

ac: air-cooled, fc: furnace-cooled

 

 

 

Table 36

Permeability of H in GH761

 

 

Heat Treatment

 

0(mol/msMPa½)

 

Q(kJ/mol)

 

 

1090C, 2h; wc

 

0.000352

 

63.45

1090C, 2h; wc; 850, 4h; ac

0.000177

62.39

1090C, 2h; wc; 850, 4h; ac; 750C, 24h; ac

0.0000890

58.23

1090C, 2h; wc; 770, 4h; ac

0.000777

70.57

ac: air-cooled, fc: furnace-cooled

 

 

 

Table 37

Diffusivity of H in IN718

 

 

Heat Treatment

 

D0(m2/s)

 

Q(kJ/mol)

 

 

cold-rolled 75%

 

2.82 x 10-7

 

45.82

980C, 2h; ac

1.82 x 10-7

45.30

980C, 2h; ac; 720C, 8h; fc(50C/h); 620C 8h; ac

6.16 x 10-7

51.22

980C, 2h; ac; 720C, 100h; ac

8.33 x 10-7

52.05

ac: air-cooled, fc: furnace-cooled

 

 

 

Table 38

Diffusivity of H in GH761

 

 

Heat Treatment

 

D0(m2/s)

 

Q(kJ/mol)

 

 

1090C, 2h; wc

 

4.61 x 10-7

 

49.80

1090C, 2h; wc; 850, 4h; ac

1.91 x 10-7

60.93

1090C, 2h; wc; 850, 4h; ac; 750C, 24h; ac

1.23 x 10-7

60.39

1090C, 2h; wc; 770, 4h; ac

6.37 x 10-7

57.01

ac: air-cooled, fc: furnace-cooled