Abstract
Elemental powders consisted of chemical composition of Ti45Zr38Ni17 were mechanical alloyed and annealed subsequently, and the microstructures were characterized by high-resolution electron microscopy (HREM) and an X-ray diffractometry, and hydrogen absorption and desorption pressure-composition (PC) isotherms were measured at 523K, 573K and 623K by a Sieverts type apparatus. The annealing after mechanical alloying (MA) caused formation of an icosahedral quasicrystal with a Ti2Ni type crystal phases. 5 or 10-fold rotational symmetry, which is prohibited to normal crystals, was observed by HREM in a digital diffractogram and an simulated atomic arrangement derived from the digital diffractogram. The hydrogen storage capacity (hydrogen to metal atom ratio: H/M) at 523K was about 1.3, which decreased with increasing hydrogenation temperatures. All the PC isotherms were steep, and no plateau pressure was observed.
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