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This international round robin test served to scrutinize the procedures specified in ISO/DIS 3690:2009 for determining the diffusible hydrogen content in weld metals with bcc-lattice structure. It was specifically intended to check in what respect the specifications defined in the indicated standards for specimen preparation, storage and hydrogen analysis provide comparable measurement results. The round robin test is presented comprising comparative measurements at various degassing temperatures using hot extraction techniques and a thermal conductivity detector (TCD). A major focus of this investigation was the examination of the maximum degassing temperature for analysing the diffusible hydrogen in materials with bcc-lattice structure. The analyses were performed using two different stick electrodes and three different filler wires. As a significant result it was found that no deviations or increases, were detected in the measured contents of diffusible hydrogen for the investigated degassing temperatures ranging between 45 °C and 400 °C. Hydrogen analyses for contents below HD = 1.5 ml/100 g with the hot extraction techniques in conjunction with TCD applied in this study led to considerable relative standard deviations.
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Kannengiesser, T., Tiersch, N. Measurements of Diffusible Hydrogen Contents at Elevated Temperatures using Different Hot Extraction Techniques — An International Round Robin Test. Weld World 54, R115–R122 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03263497
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