Mutual impact of crystal volume and heat of alloy formation on hydride stabilities in Zr(PdxCr1−x)2 and similar intermetallics

D. Babai, M. Bereznitsky, R. Z. Shneck, I. Jacob

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Abstract

Hydrides of Zr(PdxCr1−x)2 pseudobinary compounds (x = 0.05, 0.1, 0.175) exhibit slight destabilization and more sloped hydrogen plateau pressures with the increase of the palladium content. The former feature conforms to the rule of reverse stability but violates the trend of increased hydride stability upon increasing the unit cell intermetallic volume. A combination of the two effects, the heat of alloy formation and the crystal volume, shows better correlation with the hydride stabilities than considering separately each property. Hydrogen absorption is found in ZrPd2 at ∼60 atm and associated with its moderate shear modulus.

Original languageEnglish
Article number152268
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume814
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jan 2020
Externally publishedYes

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Funding

This research was supported by the Israel Science Foundation (grant No. 745/15 ). The authors acknowledge the support of Dr. Dmitry Mogilyanski and Prof. Giora Kimmel in the X-ray work, and are grateful to Dr. Ori Yeheskel for helpful discussions on the ultrasonic measurements. This work is dedicated to late Professor David Shaltiel.

FundersFunder number
Israel Science Foundation745/15

    Keywords

    • Correlation with heat of alloy formation and unit cell volume
    • Hydrogen absorbing materials
    • Hydrogen absorption in the “hydrogen-inert” ZrPd
    • Zr(PdCr) pseudobinary intermetallic compounds

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