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Hydrogenation and Crystallization of Zr-Cu-Ni-Al Glasses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

U. Köoster ,
D. Zander ,
H. Leptien ,
N. Eliaz  and
D. Eliezer
U. Köoster
Affiliation:
Dept. Chem. Eng., University of Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
D. Zander
Affiliation:
Dept. Chem. Eng., University of Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
H. Leptien
Affiliation:
Dept. Chem. Eng., University of Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Germany
N. Eliaz
Affiliation:
Dept. Mat. Eng., Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
D. Eliezer
Affiliation:
Dept. Mat. Eng., Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva 84105, Israel
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Abstract

Zr-Cu-Ni-Al belongs to the best glass forming systems known. Hydrogen charging was performed electrochemically in a 2:1 glycerin-phosphoric acid electrolyte. In comparison to binary Zr-Ni glasses the absorption kinetics in amorphous Zr-Cu-Ni-Al were found to be slower, but the storage capacity is similar. Desorption is hindered by the formation of thin ZrO2 layers. Partial replacement of Ni by Pd in an amorphous Zr68 5Cu13Ni11Al7.5 alloy was found to change the absorption behavior to a faster kinetic and to improve the desorption. The influence of hydrogen on the thermal stability was studied by DSC as well as by xray diffraction and TEM. Hydrogen was observed to play an important role. With increasing H/M ratio amorphous Zr69.5Cu12Ni11Al7.5 was found to transform during annealing above the glass transition temperature into a quasicrystalline structure with decreasing grain size until a nanocrystalline microstructure is achieved. Above a hydrogen content of H/M = 0.05 instead of quasicrystals a tetragonal phase with lattice parameters close to those of Zr2Ni is formed. At very high hydrogen contents phase separation is assumed to take place followed by the formation of nanocrystalline ZrH2 and other phases with reduced Zr content.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 554: Symposium MM – Bulk Metallic Glasses , 1998 , 287
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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