Effect of Alloying Elements in Melt Spun Mg-alloys for Hydrogen Storage

Abstract

In this paper we report the effect of alloying elements on hydrogen storage properties of meltspun Mg-based alloys. The base alloys Mg 90 Si 10 , Mg 90 Cu 10 , Mg 65 Cu 35 (at%) were studied. We also investigated the effect of rare earths (using MM: mischmetal) alloys showed an amorphous and partially amorphous structure respectively. At 350˚C all the alloys had a crystalline structure during the hydrogen absorption-desorption tests. It was observed that Si and Cu in the binaries alloys hindered completely the activation of the hydrogen absorption. The partial substitution of Cu by MM or Al allowed activation. The combined substitution of Cu by MM and Al showed the best results with the fastest absorption and desorption kinetics, which suggests that this combination can be used for new Mg-alloys to improve hydrogen storage properties.