It seems that loading and deloading several times do increase the reproducibility. But maybe both cases are OK.
My idea is that some metals come with irregularity in structure. For example, the lattice is not perfect, it has domains where the layers have different orientation. The zone may play compress the hydrogen in there, since I think, there is some difference in potential when current pass through it, depending on the angle. 2016-05-27 23:10 GMT-03:00 Russ George <russ.geo...@gmail.com>: > It is most certainly NOT loading into cracks it is rather a super loading > method for bulk material. Cracks do form but they are a defect not a > desired condition. > > >