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Title: Method of making alkali metal hydrides

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1360969

A method is provided for making alkali metal hydrides by mechanochemically reacting alkali metal and hydrogen gas under mild temperature (e.g room temperature) and hydrogen pressure conditions without the need for catalyst, solvent, and intentional heating or cooling.

Research Organization:
Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC02-07CH11358
Assignee:
Iowa State University Research Foundation, Inc.
Patent Number(s):
9,663,364
Application Number:
14/757,132
OSTI ID:
1360969
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Nov 23
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Preparation of the hydrides Mg2FeH6 and Mg2CoH5 by mechanical alloying followed by sintering journal February 1997
Preparation of alkali metal hydrides by mechanical alloying journal November 2001
Hydrogenation properties of complex alkali metal hydrides fabricated by mechano-chemical synthesis journal August 1999