机械球磨法添加Ag对ZK60储氢性能的影响

采用ECAP细化ZK60合金晶粒,再通过机械合金化球磨方式添加5wt%C以及不同量的Ag制备Mg基储氢材料。利用储氢特性测试仪、XRD和SEM研究了Ag含量对储氢材料吸氢特性、吸氢速率和显微组织的影响。结果表明：利用机械球磨添加Ag,有利于提高ZK60合金的吸氢量。随着Ag添加量的增大,吸氢量先增大后减小,其中添加0.5wt%Ag的材料吸氢量最大,达到7.112wt%。由于吸氢过程中生成的Mg H2,在放氢过程中未彻底解离成Mg和H2,导致吸氢量下降。

Electrochemical properties of nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg-Y-Ni alloys applied to Ni-MH battery

The as-cast Mg2Ni-type Mg20–xYxNi10 (x=0, 1, 2, 3 and 4) electrode alloys were prepared by vacuum induction melting. Subsequently, the as-cast alloys were mechanically milled in a planetary-type ball mill. The analyses of scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) reveal that nanocrystalline and amorphous structure can be obtained by mechanical milling, and the amount of amorphous phase increases with milling time prolonging. The electrochemical measurements show that the discharge capacity of Y0 alloy increases with milling time prolonging, while that of the Y-substituted alloys has a maximum value in the same condition. The cycle stabilities of the alloys decrease with milling time prolonging. The effect of milling time on the electrochemical kinetics of the alloys is related to Y content. Whenx=0, the high rate discharge ability, diffusion coefficient of hydrogen atom, limiting current density and charge transfer rate all increase with milling time prolonging, but the results are exactly opposite whenx=3.

Microstructure characterization and hydrogen desorption behaviors of Mg-Al-H powders prepared by reactive milling in hydrogen

Microstructure and phase evolutions of Mg-A1 powders ball milled in hydrogen atmosphere were investigated. Both in Mg-3%A1 （mass fraction） and Mg-9%AI systems, fl-MgH2 phase was observed upon a short milling time of 4 h and its maximum content of-80% was reached after 32 h. Neither as-milled powders of the in the two systems contain Mgl7All2. However, heating the milled powders of Mg-9%AI powders to 350 ~C resulted in the precipitation of Mg17A112. DTA/TG analyses of those powders milled for 8-40 h showed that either well-developed peak doublets or shoulders were observed, which plausibly corresponded to the separate hydrogen desorption from different particle fractions offl-MgH2.

Effect of ball milling time on microstructures and mechanical properties of mechanically-alloyed iron-based materials

The microstructures and mechanical properties of an iron-based alloy (Fe-13Cr-3W-0.4Ti-0.25Y-0.30O) prepared by mechanical alloying were investigated with scanning electron microscope,optical microscope,X-ray diffractometer and hardness tester.The results show that the particle size does not decrease with milling time because serious welding occurs at 144 h.The density of the alloy sintered at 1 523 K is affected by the particle size of the powder.Finer particles lead to a high sintered density,while the bulk density by using particles milled for 144 h is as low as 70%.In the microstructures of the annealed alloy,large elongated particles and fine equiaxed grains can be detected.The elongated particle zone has a higher microhardness than the equiaxed grain area in the annealed alloys due to the larger residual strain and higher density of the precipitated phase.

Synthesis of nanostructured Mg_2FeH_6 hydride and hydrogen sorption properties of complex

Reactive mechanical alloying(RMA)was carried out in a planetary ball mill for the synthesis of ternary hydride Mg2FeH6 for hydrogen storage.The formation mechanism of Mg2FeH6 in RMA process and the sorption properties of the products were investigated.The results show that Mg2FeH6 has a yield ratio around 80%,and a grain size below 10 nm in the powder synthesized by milling 3Mg+Fe mixture for 150 h under the hydrogen pressure of 1 MPa.The synthesized powder possesses a high hydrogen capacity and good sorption kinetics,and absorbs 4.42%(mass fraction)of hydrogen within 200 s at 623 K under the hydrogen pressure of 4.0 MPa.In releasing hydrogen at 653 K under 0.1 MPa,it desorbs 4.43%(mass fraction)of hydrogen within 2 000 s.The addition of Ti increases the hydrogen desorption rate of the complex in the initial 120 s of the desorption process.