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The “Uphill” Diffusion of Hydrogen

STRAIN-GRADIENT-INDUCED EFFECTS IN PALLADIUM ALLOY MEMBRANES

F. A. Lewis

K. Kandasamy

B. Baranowski

Platinum Metals Review

Article Synopsis

Certain unexpected effects observed during developments and reductions of pressures of hydrogen gas inside tubular membranes of palladium alloys now seem to be self-consistently interpretable in terms of lattice-strain-induced temporary “uphill” hydrogen diffusion processes.

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