Hydrogen distribution in multipass submerged arc weld metal has been measur
ed and analysed. The measurement of initial hydrogen content in a molten po
ol by obtaining samples directly from the pool shows that the effect of dil
ution on the initial hydrogen content can be neglected The transient hydrog
en distribution in multipass weld metal has also been measured. This can be
fairly well explained by the present hydrogen diffusion model using the tw
o-dimensional source solution.