The results show that (1) the rate and the composition of evolving gas from nickel manufactured by different electrolytic nickels and methods were found very variable, (2) by H
2 treatment, the quantity of gas and the percentage of CO
2 were decreased but the decreasing rate of gas was not constant, but the quantity of gas from samples manufactured without deoxidizers was much decreased by H
2 treatment, (3) in the earlier stage, the gas evolved from the different samples consisted mainly of H
2 and CO, with a smaller amount of CO
2 before and after H
2 treatment, (4) under the case of the same electrolytic and manufacturing conditions, both the rate of evolution of CO and the effect of H
2 treatment on the tend to decrease with larger quantity of deoxidizer, (5) degassing of brittle nickel was as follows: in the case of brittle specimens, the rate of evolution of gas from the sample increased by H
2 treatment, the opposite tendency being observed in the case of ductile nickel. The rate of evolution of the gas from the sample which recovered from brittleness after exposing in the air at room temperature was larger than in the brittle stage but H
2 treatment reduced the rate, so the effect of H
2 treatment was similar to that on normal nickel.
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