Preparation of Ti-Ni porous alloys and its hydrogen isotope effects

作者：Zhou JB^*; Gao LP; Wang KS

来源：Journal of Rare Earths, 2005, 23: 449-451.

• Ti-Ni porous alloys
• combustion synthesis
• hydrogen isotope
• isotope separation
• high purity deuterium

Ti-Ni porous alloy was made from titanium and nickel powder mixture in equiatomic composition by combustion synthesis technique (self-propagation high temperature synthesis). The result analyzed by SEM and XRD shows that the alloy possesses high porosity (50% similar to 70%), and mainly consists of TiNi phase as well as rare Ti2Ni and TiNi3 transition phase. Then it was activated, cracked and used as sorbent for hydrogen isotope separation. Through experiment investigation, it was discovered that the alloy is able to absorb hydrogen in very large quantities in the lattice thereof, but deuterium only very slightly or not at all, at temperatures up to 623 K, especially at temperatures from about 323 to 423 K. According to this characteristic, the Ti-Ni porous alloys may replace noble metal palladium (Pd) as used for hydrogen isotope separation and purification. Study illustrated that the technology would have a promising engineering application, such as being used for reprocessing Tokamak exhaust gases and producing high purity deuterium.

• 出版日期2005-12
• 单位北京化工大学; 河北工程大学