Hydrogen Embrittlement Relief Treatment (baking) of heat-treated steel parts is used to remove hydrogen that is infused into the surface during plating and certain other chemical processing such as stripping, chemical milling, pickling, and etching. If the metal is found to have been exposed to hydrogen embrittlement then we use the baking process to remove all hydrogen ions from the metal surface. The baking process is usually performed after other chemical processes to remove all trapped pockets of hydrogen from the metal that may have accumulated in the piece during the pickling and cleaning stages.