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Access Type
WSU Access
Date of Award
January 2011
Degree Type
Thesis
Degree Name
M.S.
Department
Chemical Engineering and Materials Science
First Advisor
YI LIU
Second Advisor
STEVEN SALLEY
Abstract
Three alloys are prepared through mechanical alloying and the hydrogen storage properties have been investigated systematically. In Mg-Ni and Mg-Ni-Fe alloys, the main binary alloy phase is Mg2Ni, while in Mg-Ni-Fe-Ti alloys, NiTi, FeTi are also found as the main binary phases beside Mg2Ni. The hydrogen absorption capacities of the three alloys are 2.9wt%, 2.2wt% and 2.3wt% respectively. Absorption content increases with the increasing of milling time, which also increases the amorphous degree of the alloys. The amorphous degree increasing is unfavorable to improve hydrogen storage capacity. Longer milling time will contribute to a higher hydriding/dehydriding rate at a constant temperature. The alloys exhibit a different hydriding behavior when temperature was increased from 473K to 673K. The alloys particles became finer after long time milling, which led to a decrease in the different distance of the hydrogen atoms.
Recommended Citation
Yang, Jing, "Investigation and characterization of ball-milled mg-based hydrides for hydrogen storage materials" (2011). Wayne State University Theses. 131.
https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/oa_theses/131