The Influence of Air Exposition of the Zr-Mn-Cr-Ni-Al Alloy on Cycle Life
Journal Title: Фізика і хімія твердого тіла - Year 2017, Vol 18, Issue 4
Abstract
It was found by scanning electron microscopy method that the ZrMn0.5Ni1.2Cr0.18А0.1 alloy has a dendritic structure, and the shooting of a typical section of the surface of the metalographic sample in characteristic radiation determined its chemical heterogeneity. The X-ray diffraction method has found that the C15 and C14 are the main phases of the alloy. In addition, the alloy contains Ni10Zr7 and Ni11Zr9 secondary phases. The method of potentiometric cycling has established that the air exposition of ZrMn0.5Ni1.2Cr0.18А0.1 alloy powder results in an increase in the electrochemical stability of the electrodes pressed from this powder and causes a significant increase of their cycle life. It is important that the cycle life of the AB2 alloy doped simultaneously with chromium and aluminum increased. Such doping is usually carried out in order to increase the cycle life due to the creation of hydrogen penetrating stable oxide films. Alloys with the same content of the Ni10Zr7 phase have the same activation rate of the initial electrodes. The increase in the secondary phase of Ni10Zr7 leads to an improvement in the kinetics of hydrogenation of the initial electrode. Exposition in air of a powder of an alloy with an increased content of the Ni10Zr7 phase does not accelerate the kinetics of hydrogenation, but it leads to a significant improvement in its cyclic stability. By reducing the amount of Ni10Zr7 phase, the improvement of kinetics of hydrogenation occurs as a result of the exposition of the powder of the alloy in the air. The mechanism of origination and distribution of corrosion of the alloy without and with exposition in air for 7 and 15 days with subsequent aging in 30% solution KOH is the same. According to investigations, corrosion of the material originates on the interphase surface and begins to spread along it, indicating its pitting nature, and the surface of the pitting itself has the form of flake.
Authors and Affiliations
Yu. M. Solonin, О. Z. Galij, K. О. Graivoronska, А. V. Sameljuk, S. S. Petrovska
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