A series of (TiCr1.8)1-xVx alloys with x = 0.2, 0.4, 0.6 and 0.8 was synthetized by induction melting of a mixture of TiCr1.8 alloy and pure V. It has been found that after hydrogenation all the compounds turn into bct structure. The present bct metal hydrides could be considered forming a pre-martensite state during the transformation (Ti-V-Cr)Hxmin (bcc) ↔ (Ti-V-Cr)Hxmax (fcc). Proton NMR studies reveal that distribution of hydrogen over all samples is not homogeneous. The modified Bloembergen-Purcell-Pound model, which supposes existence of two hydrogen fractions in different metal environment, provides the lowest averaged activation energy of hydrogen motion corresponding to (TiCr1.8)0.6V0.4, the composition that exhibits the highest reversible hydrogen capacity. Following a regularity in changes of both structural parameters of the studied compounds before and after hydrogenation and those parameters that answer for hydrogen mobility we anticipate the existence of a percolation threshold in properties of the alloys (close to the compositions x = 0.4÷0.5).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)962-971
Number of pages10
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume778
Early online date2 Nov 2018
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Mar 2019

    Research areas

  • bct metal hydrides, Hydrogen mobility, Percolation threshold, Ti-V-Cr alloys, percolation threshold, phd, dr, s institution, saint-petersburg state university, ti-v-cr alloys, hydrogen mobility, corresponding author, marina g shelyapina, V-H SYSTEM, KNIGHT-SHIFT, CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE, NUCLEAR-MAGNETIC-RESONANCE, BCT MONOHYDRIDE PHASE, BAND-STRUCTURE, LOCAL-STRUCTURE, SPIN-LATTICE-RELAXATION, STORAGE PROPERTIES, CR ALLOYS

    Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Metals and Alloys
  • Materials Chemistry

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