H. Numata et al., THERMAL HYDROGEN DESORPTION SPECTROSCOPY OF HYDRIDES FORMED IN THE SURFACE-LAYER OF AN ELECTROCHEMICALLY TREATED TIAL BASED ALLOY, Nippon Kinzoku Gakkaishi, 61(2), 1997, pp. 105-112
Decomposition of hydrides formed in the surface layer of a TiAl-based
alloy by an electrochemical treatment in sulfuric acid solution was st
udied by thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) combined with quadrupol
e mass spectroscopy (QMS), and X-ray diffractometry (XRD). Two peaks i
n the TDS curve and the results of QMS supported the presence of two h
ydrides in the alloy which was suggested by a previous study. XRD show
ed that the tetragonal hydride decomposed at 400 K corresponds to the
first peak in TDS curve and the hexagonal hydride decomposed at 500 K
corresponds to the second peak. The lattice parameters of the tetragon
al hydride are a=0.455 nm and c=0.463 nm and these of the hexagonal hy
dride are a=0.523 nm and c=0.448 nm. The reason why two hydrides were
formed is discussed.