An Investigation on Hydrogen Storage Kinetics of the Nanocrystalline and Amorphous LaMg<Subscript>12</Subscript>-type Alloys Synthesized by Mechanical Milling

Nanocrystalline and amorphous LaMg₁₂-type LaMg₁₁Ni + x wt% Ni (x = 100, 200) alloys were synthesized by mechanical milling. Effects of Ni content and milling time on the gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of as-milled alloys were investigated systematically. The electrochemical hydrogen storage properties of the as-milled alloys were tested by an automatic galvanostatic system. And the gaseous hydrogen storage properties were investigated by Sievert apparatus and a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) connected with a H₂ detector. Hydrogen desorption activation energy of alloy hydrides was estimated by using Arrhenius and Kissinger methods. It is found that the increase of Ni content significantly improves the gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetic performances of as-milled alloys. Furthermore, as ball milling time changes, the maximum of both high rate discharge ability (HRD) and the gaseous hydriding rate of as-milled alloys can be obtained. But the hydrogen desorption kinetics of alloys always increases with the extending of milling time. Moreover, the improved gaseous hydrogen storage kinetics of alloys are ascribed to a decrease in the hydrogen desorption activation energy caused by increasing Ni content and milling time.     

W-Ni-Fe-Cu体系钨合金的液相烧结与低温致密化

采用三元烧结剂Ni-Fe-Cu在低温下（1 573 K）进行了钨合金的液相烧结研究。通过加入2wt%Cu,在1 573 K-30 MPa-90 min的热压条件下成功制备出几乎完全致密并具有较高抗弯强度的93W-3.5Ni-1.5Fe-2.0Cu合金,详细探讨了W-Ni-Fe-Cu体系钨合金的低温致密化机理。     

Preparation and mechanical behavior of Mg-based bulk metallic glasses and their matrix composite

Mg87-xCuxDy13(x=22,27,32) bulk metallic glasses (BGMs) with a diameter of 6-8 mm and in-situ Mg phase reinforced Mg70Cu17Dy13 BMG matrix composite with a diameter of 3 mm have been prepared by copper mould casting. The glass forming ability (GFA) of Mg-Cu-Dy alloys have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD) and tne mechanical properties have been measured. Results show that Mg87-xCuxDy13(x=22,27,32) alloys in the Mg-Cu-Dy alloy system exhibit excellent GFA, and Mg60Cu27Dy13 alloy has the largest GFA among these alloys. And In-situ Mg phase reinforced Mg70Cu17Dy13 BMG matrix composite exhibits some work hardening and a high fracture compressive strength of 702.38 MPa and some plastic strain of 0.81%. The improvement of the mechanical properties is attributed to the fact that the Mg phase distributed in the amorphous matrix of the alloy has some effective load bearing and plastic deformation ability to restrict the expanding of shear bands and cracks and produce its own plastic deformation.     

Effect of lanthanum-praseodymium-cerium mischmetal on mechanical properties and microstructure of Mg-Al alloys

The effects of lanthanum-praseodymium-cerium mischmetal (LPC) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Al alloy were investigated. With the addition of LPC, an additional rod-like Al11La3 phase was deposited in the alloy. LPC greatly improves the tensile strength of cast Mg-Al alloys but negatively affects the elongation of cast alloys above 473 K. Cast alloys are strengthened by both precipitation strengthening and dispersion strengthening at ambient temperature. When the temperature exceeds 473 K, only the dispersion operates as a strengthening mechanism.     

合金元素对重力铸造Al-5.5Fe基合金组织和性能的影响

为了确定Cu、Zn、Mg等合金元素对重力铸造Al-5.5Fe基合金组织与力学性能的影响规律,采用了SEM、XRD、力学性能测试等分析检测手段.实验表明,适当增加Cu元素的质量分数可以有效提高Al-5.5Fe基合金的抗拉强度.对于重力铸造Al-5.5Fe-xCu合金而言,当Cu的质量分数由2.5%提高到4%时,该合金的抗拉强度得到明显提高,达到了130.65 MPa.Zn、Mg和Mn元素的添加可以有效提高Al-5.5Fe基合金的抗拉强度,Al-5.5Fe-4Cu-2Zn-0.4Mg-0.5Mn合金的抗拉强度达到了171.28 MPa.显微组织观察结果表明,向合金中加入Mg、Mn、Zn等元素可以将针片状Al3Fe的形貌改善得更加圆滑,合金中的第二相呈圆球状、N边形状以及六边形状,且弥散分布于基体中.第二相的数量会随着Cu元素的增加而增加,从而显著提高了合金的性能.     

Formation and mechanical properties of ductile Fe-based amorphous alloys using a cast iron with minor addition of B and Al

Fe-based amorphous alloys with ductility were synthesized using the commercial cast iron QT50 (denoted as QT) with the combining minor addition of B and Al by single roller melt-spinning. The melt-spun (QT_1-xB_x)₉₉Al₁ (x is from 0.006wt% to 0.01wt%) amorphous alloys exhibit onset crystallization temperatures and Curie temperatures of 759–780 and 629–642 K respectively, and which increase with B content. The amorphous ribbons are ductile and can be bent 180° without breaking. With the increase in B content from 0.006wt% to 0.01wt%, the Vickers microhardness of the amorphous alloys increases from Hv 830 to Hv 1110. The effects of the additional B and Al elements on the glass forming ability and mechanical properties were also discussed.     

Microstructures, mechanical properties and compressive creep behaviors of as-cast Mg-5%Sn-（0-1 .0）%Pb alloys

The microstructures, tensile properties and compressive creep behaviors of Mg-5%Sn-(0–1.0)%Pb (mass fraction) alloys were studied. The microstructures of the Mg-Sn-Pb alloys consist of dendritic α-Mg and Mg₂Sn phase. The addition of Pb can refine the size of Mg₂Sn phase and grain size, reduce the amount of Mg₂Sn phase at grain or inter-dendrite boundaries and change the distribution of Mg₂Sn phase. Pb exists in the Mg₂Sn phase or dissolves in α-Mg matrix. The mechanical properties of the tested alloys at room temperature are improved with the addition of Pb. When the Pb content is over 0.5%, the mechanical properties are decreased gradually. The Mg-5%Sn-0.5%Pb shows the best ultimate tensile strength and elongation, 174 MPa and 14.3%, respectively. However, the compressive creep resistance of the Mg-Sn-Pb alloys is much lower than that of the Mg-Sn binary alloy at 175 °C with applied load of 55 MPa, which means that Pb has negative effects on the compressive creep resistance of the as-cast Mg-Sn alloys.     

热挤压Al-6.0%Zn-2.0%Mg-1.5%Cu-xY合金的显微组织及力学性能

针对含稀土元素Y和T6态热挤压Al-6.0%Zn-2.0%Mg-1.5%Cu-xY合金的显微组织、硬度以及拉伸性能进行了研究,以确定稀土元素Y和T6处理对其力学性能的影响规律.结果表明,稀土元素Y的加入可有效地细化热挤压Al-6.0%Zn-2.0%Mg-1.5%Cu合金的组织.适宜的T6处理可以提高Al-6.0%Zn-2.0%Mg-1.5%Cu-xY合金的布氏硬度,其中Al-6.0%Zn-2.0%Mg-1.5%Cu-0.25%Y合金经480℃×3 h+120℃×26 h热处理后,其室温抗拉强度以及屈服强度均得到显著提高,表现出良好的综合拉伸性能.断口形貌观察结果表明,含Y量不同的T6态挤压变形Al-6.0%Zn-2.0%Mg-1.5%Cu-xY合金在拉伸加载条件下呈现典型的韧性断裂特征.     

Effect of Lanthanum-praseodymium-cerium Mischmetal on Mechanical Properties and Microstructure of Mg-A1 Alloys

The effects of lanthanum-praseodymium-cerium mischmetal (LPC) on the microstructure and mechanical properties of Mg-Al alloy were investigated. With the addition of LPC, an additional rod-like Al11La3 phase was deposited in the alloy. LPC greatly improves the tensile strength of cast Mg-Al alloys but negatively affects the elongation of cast alloys above 473 K. Cast alloys are strengthened by both precipitation strengthening and dispersion strengthening at ambient temperature. When the temperature exceeds 4...     

Effects of Y Content on the Microstructures and Mechanical Properties of Mg-5Zn-xY-0.6Zr Alloys

Three as-cast and as-extruded Mg-5Zn-x Y-0.6Zr(x=5 wt%, 8 wt%, 11 wt%) alloys were prepared, and the effects of Y content on the microstructures and mechanical properties of the alloys were investigated. The results show that the investigated Mg-Zn-Y-Zr alloys mainly consist of a-Mg, X-Mg12 YZn and minor amount of W-Mg_3Y_2Zn_3 phases. The volume fraction of X-Mg_(12) YZn phase increases and that of W-Mg_3Y_2Zn_3 phase decreases with the rising of Y content in the alloys. The as-extruded Mg-5Zn-11Y-0.6Zr alloy owns the optimal ultimate tensile strength and yield strength of 429 and 351 MPa, respectively. Mg-5Zn-5Y-0.6Zr alloy owns the maximum elongation of 13.6%.     

Influence of rare earth (Ce and La) addition on the performance of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloy

The influences of rare earth elements (cerium and lanthanum) on the microstructure and phases of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloys used for electromagnetic shielding wire were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The mechanical properties and electrical resistivity were also investigated. The results indicated that a certain content of rare earth could improve the purification of the aluminum molten, enhance the strength, and reduce the electrical resistivity of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloys. The strength reached the top value when RE content was 0.3 wt% while the alloy with 0.2 wt% RE addition had the smallest electrical resistivity. The elongation varied little when RE addition was no more than 0.2 wt%. But the excessive addition of rare earth would be harmful to the microstructure and properties of Al-3.0 wt%Mg alloys.     

Effect of heat treatment on microstructures and mechanical properties of Al-6Zn-2Mg-1.5Cu-0.4Er alloy

The microstructures and mechanical properties of A1-6Zn-2Mg-1.5Cu-0.4Er alloy under different treatment conditions were investigated by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) observation, and tensile properties and hardness test, respectively. The relationship between mechanical properties and microstructures of the alloys was discussed. With trace Er addition to A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy, Er and Al interact to form Al3Er phase, which is coherent with α(Al) matrix. The results show that A1-Zn-Mg-Cu alloy after retr...     

Interfacial characteristics of high frequency induction brazed Cu and pre-metalized graphite joints

Oxygen-free copper and pre-metalized graphite were brazed using CuNiSnP braze alloy by high frequency induction heating method. Interfacial microstructures and reaction phases were analyzed by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS). The strength and resistance of the joints were tested. It is found that when the brazing parameters are optimized, the structures of the joints are graphite/(Cu,Ni)/Ni(s.s)+Ni _x P _y /Cu₃P+Cu(s.s) (including Sn)+eutectic structures (Cu₃P+Ni₃P+Cu(s.s)/Cu (s.s)/Cu). When the temperature increases to 750 °C or the holding time prolongs to 300 s, the eutectic structures disappear and the amount of Cu₃P increases. The maximum shear strength of the joints is 5.2 MPa, which fracture at the interface of graphite and metallization. The resistance of the joints is no more than 5 mΩ.     

Mechanical properties and microstructure of as-cast and extruded Mg-（Ce, Nd）-Zn-Zr alloys

1INTRODUCTION Thebeneficialinfluenceofrareearth(RE)metalsontheambientandelevatedtemperature mechanicalpropertiesofmagnesiumalloyhaslongbeenrecognized[13].Recently,Yttriumisaddedto Magnesiumalloytoimproveitstensilestrength andcreepresistance,andsuchinvestigationsatheat resistantmagnesiumalloyhaveledtothede velopmentofWE43andWE54alloys[4,5].Al thoughsuchalloysexhibitgoodpropertiesupto573Kthroughcastingandextruding,therelativelyhighcostofYttriumrestrictstheapplicationof suchalloys.Otherr…     

Gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of as-quenched nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg2Ni-type alloys

The nanocrystalline and amorphous Mg₂Ni-type Mg₂Ni_1?x Co _x (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4) alloys were synthesized by melt quenching technology. The structures of the as-cast and quenched alloys were characterized by XRD, SEM and HRTEM. The gaseous hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys was measured using an automatically controlled Sieverts apparatus. The alloy electrodes were charged and discharged with a constant current density in order to investigate the electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys. The results demonstrate that the substitution of Co for Ni results in the formation of secondary phases MgCo₂ and Mg instead of altering the major phase Mg₂Ni. No amorphous phase is detected in the as-quenched Cofree alloy, however, a certain amount of amorphous phase is clearly found in the as-quenched alloys substituted by Co. Furthermore, both the rapid quenching and the Co substitution significantly improve the gaseous and electrochemical hydrogen storage kinetics of the alloys, for which the notable increase of the hydrogen diffusion coefficient (D) along with the limiting current density (I _L ) and the obvious decline of the electrochemical impedance generated by both the Co substitution and the rapid quenching are basically responsible.     

过共品铸造Al-Si—Cu—Mg—Fe合金组织性能研究

通过正交试验和单因素试验,考察了Cu、Mg、Zn、Ni和Fe对Al—18Si过共晶铝硅合金室温及高温（350℃）力学性能的影响规律,利用光学金相显微镜（OM）、扫描电镜（SEM）、能谱分析仪（EDX）对合金中富Cu相、富Fe相的组织组成进行了分析．结果表明：Cu、Mg是提高AI-18Si过共晶铝硅舍金室温及高温强度的主要因素;Zn含量增加明显降低合金350℃时的高温强度,改善合金的室温和高温延伸率;Fe降低合金的室温强度,显著提高合金的高温强度;当Cr：Fe=0．35：1,Mn：Cr=2：1,含铁0．8％～1．2％时,Al-18Si-4．0Cu-0．7Mg-0．2Zn-1.0Ni-（0．8～1．2）Fe合金力学性能σb（25℃））310MPa,延伸率受（25℃）≥0．75%,σb（350℃）〉130MPa,延伸率δs（35℃）〉1．5％;合金中富铜相主要以块状Al。Cu相和白灰色花卉状A15Si。cu2Mg8相存在,富铁相主要以三叶草状、树枝状和棒状Al5Si（Cr,Mn,Fe）相存在．     

Effects of Si and Ce on the microstructure and hydrogen storage property of Ti<Subscript>26.5</Subscript>Cr<Subscript>20</Subscript>V<Subscript>45</Subscript>Fe<Subscript>8.5</Subscript>Ce<Subscript>0.5</Subscript> alloy

In this paper, the effects of Si and Ce on the microstructure and hydrogen storage property of Ti_26.5Cr₂₀V₄₅Fe_8.5Ce_0.5 alloy were studied, respectively. First of all, effects of Si on the microstructure and hydrogen storage properties of Ti_26.5Cr₂₀(V₄₅Fe_8.5)_1−x Si _x Ce_0.5 (x = 0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2.0 at%) alloys were studied by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and P-C isotherm measurements. As the Si addition increases, the hydrogen absorption capacities of alloys decrease but the equilibrium pressure increases, due to the formation of Laves phase. Secondly, the effect of Ce on Ti_26.5Cr₂₀ (V₄₅Fe_8.5)_0.98Si₂ alloy was studied. It was found that Ce addition is an effective way to eliminate the effect of Si on the hydrogen storage properties of the alloy. Supported by the National Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (“863” Project) (Grant No. 2006AA05Z144)     

Synthesis of high pure Ti3AlC2 and Ti2AlC powders from TiH2 powders as Ti source by tube furnace

Titanium aluminum carbide (Ti₃AlC₂ and Ti₂AlC) powders were synthesized from TiH₂ powders instead of Ti powders as Ti source by a tube furnace under argon atmosphere without preliminary dehydrogenation. 95 wt% pure Ti₃AlC₂ powders were synthesized from TiH₂/1.1Al/2TiC at 1 450 °C for 120 min. High-purity Ti₂AlC powders were also prepared from 3TiH₂/1.5Al/C and 2TiH₂/1.5Al/TiC powders at 1 400 °C for 120 min. The as-synthesized samples were porous and easy to be ground into powders. Sn or Si additives in starting materials increased the purity of synthesized Ti₃AlC₂ obviously and expanded the temperature range for the synthesis of Ti₃AlC₂. With Si or Sn as additives, high pure Ti₃AlC₂ was synthesized at 1 200 °C for 60 min from TiH₂/x Si/Al/2TiC and TiH₂/x Sn/Al/2TiC (x = 0.1, 0.2), respectively.     

Effect of Dy on structure and magnetic properties of DyxFe60.5?xPt39.5 Alloys

Effects of the content of Dy on structure and magnetic properties of Dy _x Fe_60.5−x Pt_39.5 alloys(x=0, 0.5, 1.0, 1.5) were investigated. The results of XRD analysis proved that the phase-transitional temperature of Dy _x Fe_60.5−x Pt_39.5 alloys from disordered face-centered-cubic structure to ordered face-centered-tetragonal cubic structure decreases with the increase of the content of Dy(x). Suitable content of Dy can improve the exchange coupling between soft magnetic phase and hard magnetic phase by refining grain size, while the remanence ratio and coercivity of the Fe_60.5Pt_39.5 alloy can be significantly improved by a small replacement of Fe by Dy, good magnetic properties were obtained in Dy_0.5Fe_60.0Pt_39.5 alloys.