Hydrogen diffusivity in Al-(2-18 mass%)Si alloys melted in air were measured by a desorption technique which was an outgassing study from cylindrical samples. The diffusivity of
D1 for as-cast samples were decreased to
D2 for hydrogen-charged samples. The differences between
D1 and
D2 were enlarged for lower temperatures and for the more eutectic at higher silicon concentration. The decreasing of diffusivity from
D1 to
Dv
2 by heating was due to a morphogy change of eutectic silicon, from two reasons, one of which is a loss of long-range enhanced diffusion path along surfaces on plate-like particles of eutectic silicon for as-cast samples and the other reason is a grow-up of hydrogentrapping at coagulated and isolated particles of silicon. A downward aberration of diffusivity at around 400°C was related to a hydrogen trapping by small silicon particles precipitated from a supersaturated alpha-aluminum solid solution.
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