J Mater Sci Technol ›› 1993, Vol. 9 ›› Issue (2): 125-128.

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Thermal Stability of Amorphous Hydride Mg_(50)Ni_(50)H_(54) and Mg_(30)Ni_(70)H_(45)

Quanmin YANG;Yongquan LEI+;Changpin CHEN;Jing WU;Qidong WANG, Dept. of Mater. Sci. and Eng., Zhejiang Univresity, Hangzhou, 310027, China   

  • Received:1993-03-28 Revised:1993-03-28 Online:1993-03-28 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The thermal stability of amorphous ternary hydrides Mg_(50)Ni_(50)H_(54) and Mg_(30)Ni_(70)H_(45) and their corre- sponding amorphous binary alloys Mg_(50)Ni_(50) and Mg_(30)Ni_(70) were studied with X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry(DSC). Samples of the amorphous alloys were prepared by mechanical alloying and the amorphous hydrides were obtained by charging the alloys with gas- eous hydrogen at 3.0 MPa and 423 K. It was found that the amorphous hydrides released most of their hydrogen before the crystallization of the essentially hydrogen depleted amorphous alloy. The crystallization temperature of amorphous Mg_(50)Ni_(50)H_(54) elevated and that of amorphous Mg_(30)Ni_(70)H_(45) did not change in relation to the original binary amorphous alloy. This is very excep- tional for amorphous hydrides. The reason for the effects of hydrogen absorption/desorption on the crystallization of amorphous alloys was discussed.

Key words: amorphous hydride, Mg_(50)Ni_(50)H_(54), Mg_(30)Ni_(70)H_(45), thermostability