Analysis of Hydrogen Diffusion in Metals with Trapping under Local Equilibrium Assumption

The assumption of the local equilibrium ofhydrogen distribution in metals[1]was used in themodel formerly developed[2]to describe the diffu-sion of hydrogen in metals.From the assumption adirect relationship between the hydrogen diffusivityand the hydrogen concentration in metals is estab-lished asD=D_o/{1+N_x(k/p)/[1+C(k/p)]}The comparison between the two results drawnfrom the assumption of equilibrium and the dynam-ics of hydrogen trapping[3]was also presented.Thecomputation results well explained the scatteringphenomenon existed in hydrogen diffusion data andsuggested that the experimental conditions shouldbe identical for the study of hydrogen permeation inmetals.