| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
Materials Science & Technology 2012
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| Symposium
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Nanotechnology for Energy, Environment, Healthcare and Industry
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| Presentation Title |
Reactive Ball Milling Combined with Top-Down Approach for Synthesizing of Metastable Nanocrystalline MgH<2> Powders |
| Author(s) |
M. Sherif El-Eskandararny, Ayman Al-Qattan, Badriyah Al-Halaili, Doha Chehadeh, Maryam Saeed |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
M. Sherif El-Eskandararny |
| Abstract Scope |
Pure Mg powders were ball milled under hydrogen gas pressure of 5 bar, using reactive ball milling (RBM) method. The progress of the RBM process was monitored by taking a small amount of the powders from the vial in an Ar glove box. All the sample powders were characterized as a function of the RBM time by means of XRD, FE-HRTEM, FE-SEM, image analyzer, DSC, hydrogen absorption/disrober spectrometer and temperature-programmed desorption mass spectrometry. The results have shown that a single phase of β-MgH2 nanocrystalline powders was formed after 25 h of RBM time. Increasing the RBM time leads to destabilize the formed β-phase, which tended to partially transform into a less stable phase of γ-MgH<2>. This phase transformation leads to improve the hydrogenation properties of the formed metal hydride powders, indexed by the hydrogenation/dehydrogenation temperatures (250°C – 350°C), hydrogen capacity (6.82 wt.% hydrogen) and the cycle-life-time (100 cycles). |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |