Mechanical alloying of nanocrystalline intermetallic compound TiFe doped with sulfur and magnesium

A series of nanostructured alloys based on TiFe intermetallic compound were synthesized from the metallic elements in a planetary ball mill by solid state mechanical alloying. Mg and S were added as doping components to a Fe-50% (at.) Ti powder mixture. Phase and structure transformations during mechanical alloying and subsequent annealing as well as hydrogen interaction with the alloys prepared were studied. It was shown that reversible hydrogen sorption capacities of the nanostructured alloys based on TiFe intermetallic compound were of 0.6 and 0.7 wt.% at room temperature for the alloys with S and Mg, respectively. The alloys studied demonstrated a simplified activation of hydrogenation, especially for the S-containing one. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.