Abstract
Herein, the first observation of the effective hydrogen diffusion coefficient of CoCrFeMnNi high-entropy alloy (HEA) was performed using electrochemical hydrogen permeation; further, it was compared with those of stainless steels (SS) 304 and 316L. HEA and SS 316L showed similar effective hydrogen diffusion coefficient of 1.75 × 10−11 m2/s and 1.91 × 10−11 m2/s, respectively. SS 304 showed the smallest that of 0.58 × 10−11 m2/s in the study. Hydrogen diffusion through the grain boundary was dominant in face-centered cubic metals. Hydrogen permeation resulted in no change in the microstructure of HEA and SS 316L; however, it caused a martensitic transformation in SS 304.
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