Published October 1984 | Version v1
Journal article

The permeation of hydrogen in a steel at elevated temperature by an electrochemical method

  • 1. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Osaka Prefecture, Mozu-Umemachi, Sakai, Osaka

Description

An electrochemical permeation method has been widely used to study the transport characteristics of hydrogen in metals, i.e., the content, diffusivity and permeability. This electrochemical measurement technique has the following remarkable features: a good detection limit for the measurement of hydrogen content, a simpler measuring apparatus, suitability for successive measurement of the transport characteristics, and flexibility in variation of experimental conditions. However this method has been restricted to temperatures below 373 K because an aqueous solution has been used as an electrode. In this study, an electrochemical permeation method using molten salts at elevated temperatures (673-773 K) in the range of practical interest for hydrogen attack in steel is presented. The introduction of hydrogen by use of molten salts has been reported but it has been performed at 423473 K and at 553 K

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scr. Metall.
Journal Volume
18
Journal Issue
10
Series
Scr. Metall.
Journal Page Range
1121-1124
ISSN
0036-9748