TY - JOUR
T1 - Hydrogen permeability and microstructure of rapidly quenched Nb-TiNi alloys
AU - Ishikawa, Kazuhiro
AU - Seki, Yuta
AU - Kita, Koichi
AU - Nishida, Minoru
AU - Aoki, Kiyoshi
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was financially supported by a “Grant-in-Aid” for Scientific Research of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports and Technology (MEXT) of Japan. The authors thank to Mr. Morita, Mitsubishi Materials Corporation, for a preparation of rapidly quenched alloy ribbons.
PY - 2011/9
Y1 - 2011/9
N2 - Effect of annealing on structure, microstructure and hydrogen permeability of rapidly quenched Nb30Ti35Ni35 and Nb 40Ti30Ni30 alloy ribbons were investigated by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the gas flow method. Crystalline (Nb, Ti) and TiNi phases coexisted with the amorphous phases in the as-quenched Nb 30Ti35Ni35 alloy, while only crystalline (Nb, Ti) and TiNi phases were formed in the as-quenched Nb40Ti 30Ni30 alloy. Both the as-quenched alloys were too brittle to measure their hydrogen permeability, but they became ductile by annealing above 1173 K and showed the microstructure consisting of the crystalline (Nb, Ti) phase embedded in the crystalline TiNi matrix. The volume fraction of the (Nb, Ti) phases in the Nb-TiNi alloys increased with increasing Nb content. Hydrogen permeability at 673 K, i.e. Φ673 K of the crystalline Nb30Ti35Ni35 and Nb40Ti 30Ni30 alloys was 1.1 × 10-8 and 1.9 × 10-8 (molH2/m/s/Pa0.5), respectively, which were comparable with that of Pd. The present work has clearly demonstrated that the rapid quenching technique and subsequent annealing process are useful and attractive method for the preparation of hydrogen permeable Nb-TiNi alloy membrane.
AB - Effect of annealing on structure, microstructure and hydrogen permeability of rapidly quenched Nb30Ti35Ni35 and Nb 40Ti30Ni30 alloy ribbons were investigated by X-ray diffractometry (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and the gas flow method. Crystalline (Nb, Ti) and TiNi phases coexisted with the amorphous phases in the as-quenched Nb 30Ti35Ni35 alloy, while only crystalline (Nb, Ti) and TiNi phases were formed in the as-quenched Nb40Ti 30Ni30 alloy. Both the as-quenched alloys were too brittle to measure their hydrogen permeability, but they became ductile by annealing above 1173 K and showed the microstructure consisting of the crystalline (Nb, Ti) phase embedded in the crystalline TiNi matrix. The volume fraction of the (Nb, Ti) phases in the Nb-TiNi alloys increased with increasing Nb content. Hydrogen permeability at 673 K, i.e. Φ673 K of the crystalline Nb30Ti35Ni35 and Nb40Ti 30Ni30 alloys was 1.1 × 10-8 and 1.9 × 10-8 (molH2/m/s/Pa0.5), respectively, which were comparable with that of Pd. The present work has clearly demonstrated that the rapid quenching technique and subsequent annealing process are useful and attractive method for the preparation of hydrogen permeable Nb-TiNi alloy membrane.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.10.126
DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2010.10.126
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:80052801348
SN - 0925-8388
VL - 509
SP - S790-S793
JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -