• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.143-150
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• 1998

The hydriding and dehydriding properties of a Mg-10wt.%Ni mixture, mechanically-alloyed in order to improve the hydriding and dehydriding kinetics of pure Mg, were investigated. The $Mg_2Ni$ phase develops along with hydriding-dehydriding cycling. The principal effects of mechanical alloying in a planetary mill and hydriding-dehydriding cycling are considered to be the augmentation in the density of defects and the enlargement in the specific surface area. The mechanically-alloyed Mg-10wt.%Ni mixture is activated easily. It has much higher hydriding rate and hydrogen-storage capacity and relatively high dehydriding rate as compared with the pure Mg, the Mg-10wt.%Ni alloy, the Mg-25wt.%Ni alloy and the $Mg_2Ni$ alloy.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.151-160
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• 1998

The variation of the hydrogen-storage properties of Mg contained in the mechanically-allyed mixture with the weight percentage of nickel in the sample is investigated. The weight percentage of nickel transformed into the Mg2Ni phase, on the basis of the nickel weight, is highest in the Mg-10 wt.%Ni sample. For the first hydriding cycle, the effect of mechanical alloying on the hydriding rate of Mg is highest in the Mg-25 wt.%Ni sample. After activation, the effects of mechanical alloying and hydriding-dehydriding cycling on the hydriding rate of Mg are highest in the Mg-10 wt.%Ni sample. After sufficient hydriding-dehydriding cycling, the effects on the hydrogen-storage capacity of Mg are highest in the Mg-10 wt.%Ni sample. The effects on the hydriding and dehydriding rates of Mg are highest in the Mg-25wt.%Ni sample. Mg-25wt.%Ni, followed by Mg-10 wt.%Ni, is the optimum composition which has the best effects on the hydrogen-storage properties of Mg contained in the sample. The mechanical alloying and the hydriding-dehydriding cycling produce many defects, which can act as active nucleation sites, and increase the specific surface area, shortening the diffusion distance of hydrogen.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.15-20
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• 2000

The hydrogen-storage properties of a mechanically-alloyed Mg-18wt.%Ni mixture were investigated. Among the mixtures mechanically alloyed for 1h, 3h, and 6h, the mixture mechanically alloyed for 6h(MA 6h sample) shows the best properties of activation, hydriding, and dehydriding. The $Mg_2Ni$ phase forms in the mechanically-alloyed Mg-18wt.%Ni mixture along with hydriding-dehydriding cycling. The MA 6h sample is relatively easily activated and has higher hydriding rate than the pure Mg, the Mg-10wt.%Ni alloy, and a little lower hydriding rate than the $Mg_2Ni$alloy. The MA 6h sample lower dehydriding rate than the $Mg_2$Ni alloy but higher dehydriding rate than the pure Mg and the Mg-25wt.%Ni alloy. The MA 6h sample has larger hydrogen-storage capacity than the pure Mg and the other alloys.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.9-17
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• 1999

The hydriding and dehydriding kinetics were studied for a Mg-25wt.%Ni mixture which has the most excellent hydrogen-storage characteristics among many mechanically-alloyed mixtures. The hydriding and dehydriding rates were measured and the rate-controlling steps were determined by comparing the hydriding and dehydriding rates with the theoretical rate equations. The rate-controlling step in the hydriding reaction is the Knudsen flow and the ordinary gaseous diffusion of hydrogen molecules through interparticle channels, cracks, etc. in the various ranges of weight percentage of absorbed hydrogen $H_a$ below $H_a$=4.0. In the $H_a$ range 4.0 < $H_a{\leq}4.25$, the diffusion of hydrogen atoms through the growing hydride layer is considered the rate-controlling step. The rate-controlling step in the dehydriding reaction is the Knudsen flow and the ordinary gaseous diffusion of hydrogen molecules for all the ranges of weight percentage of desorbed hydrogen $H_d$.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.25-30
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• 2005

수소 분위기에서 10wt.%MnO와 기계적인 분쇄(반응성 기계적 분쇄)에 의해 Mg의 수소 저장 성질을 향상시켰다. 회전 속도는 250 rpm, 밀링시간은 2 h, 그리고 시료 대 볼 중량비는 1/45이었다. 준비한 Mg-10wt.%MnO 시료는 활성화를 위한 수소화물 형성 분해 싸이클링이 필요없었으며, 첫 번째 싸이클 593k 12 bar $H_2$에서, 10분 동안에 3.12wt.%, 60분 동안에 3.95wt.%의 수소를 흡수하였다. 또한 Mg-10wt.%MnO는 593k 0.8 bar $H_2$에서 60분 동안에 2.12wt.%의 수소를 방출하였다. MnO와 Mg의 방응성 분쇄는, 핵생성을 용이케하고 (Mg 입자의 표면에 결함 형성과 첨가물에 의해), Mg 입자의 표면에 crack을 만들어 Mg의 입자 크기를 줄여 그 결과 수소 원자의 확산 거리를 작게 함으로써 수소 흡수 방출 속도를 증가시킨다. 수소화물 형성 분해 싸이클링은 Mg 입자의 표면에 crack을 만들고 Mg의 입자 크기를 줄여 수소 흡수 방출 속도를 증가시킨다.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.7 no.2
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• pp.181-191
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• 1996

Samples with the compositions of Mg-10wt.%Ni and Mg-25wt.%Ni were prepared by mechanical alloying in a planetary mill. $Mg_2Ni$ phase was formed in the mixture with hydriding dehydriding cycling. The activation of Mg-10wt.%Ni and Mg-25wt.%Ni was completed after n=7 and n=6 around, respectively, at 583K, $0{\sim}8barH_2$. Mg-10wt.% Ni and Mg-25wt. %Ni are considered as excellent hydrogen-storage materials with very high hydriding rates, high dehydriding rates and relatively large hydrogen-storage capacity. The effets of mechanical alloying and hydriding dehydriding cycling are considered the augmentation in the density of active nucleation sites and the diminution in the particle size.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.22 no.6
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• pp.787-793
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• 2011

A 76.5wt%Mg - 23.5wt%Ni (Mg-23.5Ni) sample was prepared by reactive mechanical grinding (RMG) and its hydriding and dehydriding properties were then investigated. Activation of the Mg-23.5Ni sample was completed only after two hydriding (under 12 bar $H_2$) - dehydriding (under 1.0 bar $H_2$) cycles at 593K. The reactive mechanical grinding of Mg with Ni is considered to facilitate nucleation and shorten diffusion distances of hydrogen atoms. After hydriding - dehydriding cycling, the Mg-23.5Ni sample contained Mg2Ni phase.

• Journal of Hydrogen and New Energy
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• v.14 no.4
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• pp.321-326
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• 2003

We tried to improve the $H_2$-sorption properties of Mg by mechanical grinding under $H_2$ (reactive grinding) with CoO. The sample Mg+10wt.%CoO as prepared absorbs 1.25wt.% hydrogen and the activated sample absorbs 2.39wt.% hydrogen for 60min at 598K, $11.2barH_2$. The reactive grinding of Mg with CoO increases the $H_2$-sorption rates by facilitating nueleation(by creating defects on the surface of the Mg particles and by the additive), by making cracks on the surface of Mg particles and reducing the particle size of Mg and thus by shortening the diffusion distances of hydrogen atoms. Hydriding-dehydriding cycling increases the $H_2$-sorption rates by making cracks on the surface of Mg particles and reducing the particle size of Mg.