Hydrogen storage material

• Main Authors: HARRIS; IVOR R, WOOTTON; MALCOLM J
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 18.03.1986
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: ALLOYS; CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; INORGANIC CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY; NON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ARTCOLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A hydrogen storage material for releasably storing hydrogen having a microstructure containing an alloy phase of the general formula R2Fe17, wherein R is cerium and lanthanum and, optionally, at least one other rare earth element, and wherein a microstructure also contains from about 2 to 35% by weight, based on the total weight of all phases, of a eutectic of the formula R'/R'Fe2, wherein R' is lanthanum-starved R; the alloy phase of the general formula R2Fe17 being present in an amount of not less than 40% by weight of the material, and the material contains less than 60% by weight of cerium based on the total amount of cerium, lanthanum and, if present, at least one other rare earth element. A method for producing such material by heat treating in an inert atmosphere so as to homogenize same and to increase the proportion of alloy phase in the material is also described.