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Fujimori, Atsushi,Schlapbach, Louis
, (1984)
Electrochemical hydrogenation of Mg65Cu25Y 10 metallic glass
Savyak,Hirnyj,Bauer,Uhlemann,Eckert,Schultz,Gebert
, p. 229 - 237 (2004)
Rapidly quenched ribbons of a Mg65Y10Cu25 metallic glass were electrochemically charged up to a maximum hydrogen content of about 3.7 wt.%. The hydrogen content was determined by hot extraction. The microstructure of different hydrogen-charged samples was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The thermal behaviour was studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and thermal desorption analysis (TDA). Samples heated to selected temperatures were characterised by XRD. With increasing hydrogen content a change from a single-phase amorphous to a very fine nanocrystalline microstructure was observed, which is a consequence of hydride-forming reactions at room temperature. This strongly affects the thermal behaviour. With increasing fraction of nanocrystalline phases in the hydrogenated samples, grain growth processes are more pronounced than crystallisation of the residual amorphous phase for temperatures up to 623 K. Correspondingly, the fraction of nanocrystalline products of hydride-forming reactions, i.e. YH3, MgH2 and Cu2Mg, increases. Significant hydrogen desorption occurs at temperatures above 623 K and is mainly related to the reverse of those hydriding reactions.