Manometric measurements were used to study the permeation of H through medium alloy steel, with and without the addition of 0.5wt%Pd. Measurements were also made of H solubility, and this permitted the calculation of diffusion coefficients (table 78).

V.I.Arkharov, T.T.Moroz, I.A.Novokhatskii, M.I.Eremina, S.I.Khokhlova: Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, 1971, 7[6], 51-4

 

 

 

Table 78

Parameters for H Diffusion in 34KhN3M Steel with or without 0.5wt%Pd

 

Pd (wt%)

Temperature (C)

Do (cm2/s)

E (kcal/mol)

0

300-600

4.7 x 10-4

1.6

0

750-1000

1.6 x 10-3

7.5

0.5

300-600

5.4 x 10-4

2.0

0.5

750-1000

1.5 x 10-3

7.2