中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 20 No. 3 March 2010 |
Mg20Ni10−xCox (x=0−4) alloys prepared by melt spinning
（1. Department of Functional Material Research, Central Iron and Steel Research Institute, Beijing 100081, China;
2. School of Material, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou 014010, China）
Abstract:The Mg2Ni-type alloys with nominal compositions of Mg20Ni10−xCox (x=0, 1, 2, 3, 4, %, mass fraction) were prepared by melt-spinning technology. The structures of the alloys were studied by XRD, SEM and HRTEM. The hydrogen absorption/desorption kinetics and the electrochemical performances of the alloys were measured. The results show that no amorphous phase forms in the as-spun Co-free alloy, but the as-spun alloys containing Co show a certain amount of amorphous phase. The hydrogen absorption capacities of the as-cast alloys first increase and then decrease with the incremental change of Co content. The hydrogen desorption capacities of as-cast and spun alloys rise with increasing Co content. The melt spinning significantly improves the hydrogenation and dehydrogenation capacities and kinetics of the alloys. The substitution of Co for Ni clearly enhances the discharge capacities of the alloys and the cycle stability of the as-spun alloys.
Key words: Mg2Ni-type alloy; melt-spinning; structure; hydrogen storage behaviour
