The permeability was measured for pressure differentials ranging from 10-3 to 104Pa and for temperatures of between 350 and 1050K (table 66). For each alloy, a square-root dependence of the permeability upon the driving pressure was observed at higher pressures. The pressure at which this relationship no longer applied depended upon the H purity.
E.H.Van Deventer, V.A.Maroni: Journal of Nuclear Materials, 1980, 92[1], 103-11
Table 66
Permeation of H in Fe-Cr-Ni Alloys
Alloy | T (K) | Pressure (Pa) | Po (µmol/m s kPa½) | E (kJ/mol) |
AISI 321 | 497-933 | 0.6-12000 | 2.698 | 59.405 |
AISI 316 | 416-1018 | 0.0014-14000 | 7.451 | 63.496 |