A vacuum desorption technique, combined with mass spectroscopy, was used to study the diffusion of H (table 85). These results were compared with published data, and it was concluded that H diffusion, at 523 to 2023K, was described by:
D (cm2/s) = 3.51 x 10-2 exp[-58.6(kJ/mol)/RT]
V.M.Katlinskii, L.L.Kotlik: Izvestiya Akademii Nauk SSSR, Met., 1978, 2, 80-3
Table 86
Diffusivity of H in Mo
Temperature (C) | D (cm2/s) |
400 | 3.56 x 10-6 |
600 | 7.47 x 10-5 |
800 | 5.01 x 10-4 |
1000 | 1.84 x 10-3 |
1200 | 4.76 x 10-3 |