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The specimens of 304 austenite stainless steel with the hydrogen attack bubbles orcracks were heat treated at 600℃ for 6h. The SEM and TEM observations on thespecimens before and after the heat treatment showed that the bubbles or cracks could behealed completely by heat treatment. The healing of hydrogen attack bubbles or cracksis closely related to heat diffusion of Fe and C atoms in austenite. The driving forceof crack healing results fram the plastic deforming energy Es induced by the growthof hydrogen attack bubbles or cracks. The critical condition of healing of bubbles orcracks is Es ≥ 2γ/r (where γγ is the surface tension, r is the radius of bubbles or halflength of crack). During healing of the hydrogen attack bubbles or cracks, the recovery,polygonization and recrystallization of the sub-grain also occured.