The initial reaction of hydrogen and deuterium with clean surfaces of FeTi powder, following a five-cycles activation procedure using hydrogen, were studied by volumetric and microgravimetric techniques. -It was concluded that within the 78 K to 88 K temperature range a non-activated dissociative Temkin chemisorption process occurred upon a Ti surface layer, while at temperatures within the 300 K to 500 K range a dissolution process took place limited by diffusion in the a-phase.The chlorination behaviour of Co and CoPd-alloys with up to 90 weight-% palladium was investigated in the temperature range from 1023 K to 1265 K with HCI-pressures between 0.3 and 0.9 bar. For Co-rich CoPd-alloys a constant rate of weight loss was observed due to the formation of gaseous CoC12 according to the reaction Co(C0Pd) + 2HCl(g) -t CoCl,(g) + H2(g).The results can be well understood by assuming that transport of gaseous CoCI, through the gas boundary layer adjacent to the sample su~face is the rate determining step of chlorination kinetics. These results are in good agreement with theoretical calculations of CoCI2-vapor pressuIes and