The Thermodynamics of the Scandium-Hydrogen System1,2
The Thermodynamics of the Scandium-Hydrogen System1,2
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DOI:
10.1021/j100894a044
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发表时间:
1965-10
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通讯作者:
M. L. Lieberman;P. G. Wahlbeck
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作者:
M. L. Lieberman;P. G. Wahlbeck
Recently, great interest has been shown in the metal-hydrogen systemsbecause there is a need for stable metal hydrides, ie, hydrides which exhibit low equi-librium hydrogen pressures. Ofthe transition and rare earth metal-hydrogen systems investigated, it appears that the yttrium-hydrogen system1 23 exhibits the great-est stability. Only limited data have been available for the scandium-hydrogen system. McGuire and Kempter4 reported measurements which they believed to be valid temperature-pressure data for the two-condensed-phase region between a solid solution of hydrogen in scandium and an apparently hydrogen-deficient dihydride phase. They reported a maximum hydrogen composition at room temperature corresponding to ScH2. 027. Beck5 reported temperature-pressure-composition data for the scandium-hydrogen system. Warf and Hardcastle6 reported inability to prepare a scandium trihydride phase under conditions of 400 and 40 atm. whereas trihydride phases of yttrium3 and of several of the rare earth metals7 have been prepared under less stringent conditions. The purposes of this work were the determination of thermodynamic data and the establishment of the phase diagram for the scandium-hydrogen system. Experimental SectionApparatus. A Sieverts apparatus modified so that equilibrium hydrogen pressures between 10-4 mm. and 1 atm. could be measured was used to obtain pressure-temperature-composition data. The apparatus has been described elsewhere. 1-3 Materials. The scandium used in this research was prepared from Sc2C> 3 obtained from the American Scandium Corp. by reduction at the Ames Laboratory of Iowa State University. An analysis of the metal performed by the Ames Laboratory showed the follow-ing impurities: O, 1805 ppm; N, 80 ppm; H, 15 ppm; Y, 0.03%; Er,< 0.01%; Tm,< 0.01%; Yb,< 0.004%; Lu,< 0.01%; Si, 80 ppm; Ca, 320 ppm; Fe, 180 ppm; and Ta, 1000 ppm The metal was work-hardened to the extent that it could be trimmed on a cleaned lathe to produce fine turnings. The turnings were cleaned by rinsing at least three