“…A decrease of the D H values with an increasing hydrogen concentration in ␣-hydride phases of the investigated intermetallic could be attributed to the increase of occasionally trapped hydrogen atoms in the imperfections (dislocations) of the host lattice and hydrogen-intermetallic interactions, as proposed by Feng et al [17]. Furthermore, Keller and Rettenmayr [23] have observed from the pressure-composition isotherm curves, measured with a conventional Sievert's type apparatus, a similar decrease of the hydrogen diffusion coefficient in the Ti-Nb45 alloy with increasing of hydrogen content. The decrease of the hydrogen diffusion coefficient was attributed to mutual blocking of preferentially interstitial sites by hydrogen atoms.…”