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New hydride phases in the systems R-Mg-H (R = Y, La, Ce)

Journal Article · · Dokl. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6152123
Results were presented of the reaction of intermetallic compounds (IMC) and alloys of the systems Y-Mg, La-Mg, and Ce-Mg with hydrogen. Alloys were obtained by fusing the metals under a layer of LiCl-KCl flux in a resistance analysis. Thermal analysis showed that the hydrides undergo decomposition where at 470-580 K the hydrides decompose into binary hydrides of REE and magnesium. CeMg/sub 3/H/sub 3/ decomposed in two stages with the formation of the IMC CeMg/sub 12/ in the intermediate stage. The temperature of hydrogen evolution from the La and Ce hydrides agreed, within the determination accuracy limits, with individual LaH/sub 2/ and CeH/sub 2/, indicating that they do not react markedly with liquid magnesium.
Research Organization:
N.S. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Moscow (USSR)
OSTI ID:
6152123
Journal Information:
Dokl. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Dokl. Chem. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 292:3; ISSN DKCHA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English