Solid-State Synthesis of Magnesium-Based Functional Alloys and Compounds
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Since the mid-nineties, magnesium-based alloys and compounds have been revisited in the hope that they will yield light functional materials. In this third wave of research and development of magnesium-based hydrogenstorage and thermoelectric materials, new factors have become important in addition to the improvement of their properties and performance. The move to reduce environmental damage requires the assurance of non-toxicity and energy-saving during manufacture. For example, the use of lead or bismuth additions must be avoided. Furthermore, due to the diminishing sources of antimony, tellurium and rare-earth elements, only metallic and non-metallic elements having a large Clerk number should be used for production. In order to compensate for these restraints, nano-technological innovation is urgently required; not only in optimum material design but also in material processing, manufacturing and device production, in order to achieve significant energy and cost savings.
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1. Introduction. 1.1 Properties and Materials Performance of Magnesium. 1.2 Solid-State Synthesis
1.3 Magnesium-Based Alloys and Compounds
1.4 Theoretical Method for Solid-State Synthesis
2. Characterization, Measurement and Testing. 2.1 Sample Preparation.
2.2 Microstructure Characterization.
2.3 Thermal Analysis.
2.4 Thermoelectric Measurement.
2.5 Hydrogen Storage Testing. 2.6 Summary. References
3. Solid-State Synthesis. 3.1 Conventional Materials Processing.
3.2 Mechanically Induced Processes in BMA.
3.4 Two Mechanisms for Solid-State Reactivity.
3.5 Summary.
References.
4. Solid-State Synthesis of Magnesium-Based Hydrogen Storagealloys. 4.1 Magnesium-Based Hydrogen Storage Materials.
4.2 Material Processing Design. 4.3 Solid-State Synthesis of Single-Phase Mg2Ni.
4.4 Ni-Enrichment in Mg2Ni as a Non-Equilibrium Phase Material.
4.5 Solid-State Synthesis of Single-Phase Mg2Co.
4.6 Discussion.
4.7 Summary.
References.
5. Solid-State Synthesis of Magnesium Binary TE-Compounds. 5.1 Properties and Performance of Mg2X. 5.2 Revisiting the Materials Processing of Mg2X.
5.3 Solid-State Synthesis of Mg2Si.
5.4 Solid-State Synthesis of Mg2Ge.
5.5 Solid-State Synthesis of Mg2Sn.
5.6 Solid-State Synthesis of Mg2Pb. 5.7 Thermoelectricity of Mg2X.
5.8 Summary.
References.
6. Solid-State Synthesis of Solid-Solution Compounds. 6.1 Pseudo-Binary System and Solid-Solution Formation. 6.2 Revisiting Difficulties in Conventional Processing.
6.3 Solid-State Synthesis in the Mg-Si-Ge System.
6.4 Solid-State Synthesis in the Mg-Si-Sn System.
6.5 Thermoelectric Properties of Mg2Si1-xGex.
6.6 Thermoelectric Properties of Mg2Si1-ySny.
6.7 Discussion.
6.8 Summary. References.
7. Discussion. 7.1 Role of Intense Straining of the Materials.
7.2 Solid-State Reactivity.
7.3 On-Line Monitoring of Solid-State Reactivity.
7.4 Design of Materials Processing in the Solid.
7.5 Summary.
References. 8. Conclusion
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