JMR Abstracts: June 1998
Article
Elastic stress in composite FeTi hydrogen storage materials
P. Tessier*, R. Schulz+, J.O. Ström-Olsen*
(*McGill University, +Institut de recherche d'Hydro-Québec)
A simple model of the elastic stress in a composite hydrogen absorbing material is developed to account for the hydrogen storage properties of nanocrystalline FeTi with a network of intergranular phase having a wide storage site energy distribution. The model accounts for the equilibrium properties of nanocrystalline FeTi hydrogen absorbers made by ball-milling such as the narrowing of the miscibility gap and changes in plateau pressure. A second model is proposed for disconnected inclusions of the second phase. The effect of chemical disorder is also briefly examined.
Keywords: composites; energy storage materials; elastic properties
Order No.: JA806-016 © 1998 MRS
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