Permeation time-lag methods were used to determine the diffusivity of H at temperatures ranging from 200 to 300C. The results could be described by:

D (cm2/s) = 6.06 x 10-3 exp[-11.0(kcal/mol)/RT]

W.G.Perkins, D.R.Begeal: Berichte der Bunsengesellschaft für Physikalische Chemie, 1972, 76[8], 863. See also: J.W.Guthrie, L.C.Beavis, D.R.Begeal, W.G.Perkins: Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1974, 53, 313-22

 

Table 155

Permeation Parameters for Maraging Steel

 

Aging Time (h)

P (mol/msPa½)

E (kJ/mol)

0

0.00147

41.9

1

0.00115

42.2

3

0.00142

43.3

5

0.00411

38.8