Interaction of hydrogen with RECu2 and RE(Cu,Ni)2 intermetallic compounds (RE=Y, Pr, Dy, Ho)
作者:I.Yu. Zavaliy、R. C̆erný、V.N. Verbetsky、R.V. Denys、A.B. Riabov
DOI:10.1016/s0925-8388(03)00067-7
日期:2003.8
Hydrogenation of RECu2 (RE=Dy, Ho, Y) at room temperature and pressures of 100-1500-bar H, has not resulted in the formation of ternary hydrides. The interaction of hydrogen with Pr(Cu1-xNix)(2) (x=0, 0.1, 0.17, 0.25, 0.32) at room temperature and pressure of 25 bar resulted in the formation of Pr(Cu1-xNix)(2)H-similar to3 hydrides. It was found that the PrCu2H3 and Pr(Cu0.9Ni0.1)(2)H-2.9 hydrides are poorly crystallized, but that an increase of the Ni-content leads to improved crystallinity of the hydrides. The hydrides Pr(Cu0.75Ni0.25)(2)H-similar to3 and Pr(Cu0.68Ni0.32)(2)H-similar to3, preserve, shortly after the hydrogen absorption, the CeCu2 type structure of their metallic matrix with a hydrogen induced volume expansion up to 28% compared to the parent compound. During long-term exposure in the air they undergo a structural transformation from the orthorhombic CeCu2 to the hexagonal Fe2P type with a hydrogen induced volume expansion up to 16.6% compared to the parent compound. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.