Metallurgical Materials

Microstructure evolution and hydrogen permeation performance of Nb30Hf35Ni35–xCox alloys

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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150001, China

Received date: 2014-12-29

  Online published: 2015-02-28

Abstract

Nb30Hf35Ni35–xCox (x = 0, 5, · · · , 35) alloys were prepared through tungsten arc-melting. The composition and structure of the alloys was analyzed with scanning electron microscope (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Evolution of as-cast structures with the Co content was studied. Hydrogen permeation experiments were conducted at various temperatures and pressure differentials. Relationship between hydrogen permeability and composition of Nb-Hf-Ni (Co) alloys was built. It has been shown that, as the Co content increases, the content of impurities of intermetallic phase in the alloy and volume fraction of the primary bcc-Nb phase gradually reduce, while volume fraction of the bcc-Nb in the eutectic gradually increases. Eutectic morphology changes from rods to lamellas. Hydrogen permeability of the alloys increases with increasing Co content.

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LIANG Xiao, GUO Jing-jie, LI Xin-zhong, SU Yan-qing, FU Heng-zhi . Microstructure evolution and hydrogen permeation performance of Nb30Hf35Ni35–xCox alloys[J]. Journal of Shanghai University, 2015 , 21(1) : 12 -19 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1007-2861.2014.04.013

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