Magnesium-Nickel alloy for hydrogen storage produced by melt spinning followed by cold rolling

• Autor(a) principal: Leiva,Daniel Rodrigo
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Outros Autores: Costa,Hevlin Cristina de Almeida, Huot,Jacques, Pinheiro,Tiago Santos, Jorge Junior,Alberto Moreira, Ishikawa,Tomaz Toshimi, Botta Filho,Walter José
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Materials research (São Carlos. Online)
• Texto Completo: http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392012000500022
• topic: hydrogen storage materials; metal hydrides; severe plastic deformation

Severe plastic deformation routes (SPD) have been shown to be attractive for short time preparation of magnesium alloys for hydrogen storage, generating refined microstructures and interesting hydrogen storage properties when compared to the same materials processed by high-energy ball milling (HEBM), but with the benefit of higher air resistance. In this study, we present results of a new processing route for Mg alloys for hydrogen storage: rapid solidification followed by cold work. A Mg97Ni3 alloy was processed by melt spinning (MS) and by extensive cold rolling (CR). Submitting Mg97Ni3 ribbons between steel plates to cold rolling has shown to be a viable procedure, producing a thin cold welded foil, with little material waste. The as-processed material presents a high level of [002] fiber texture, a sub microcrystalline grain structure with a high density of defects, and also a fine dispersion of Mg2Ni nanoparticles. This refined microstructure allied to the developed texture resulted in enhanced activation and H-sorption kinetics properties.