Interstitial Intermetallic Alloys

This volume covers in detail both the fundamental and practical properties of interstitial intermetallic materials, materials which are useful as hydrogen storage materials, as rechargeable hydrogen electrodes in batteries, and as new potential hard permanent magnetic materials. Various techniques, such as magnetic, diffraction, thermodynamic, and spectral methods, for studying these materials are covered in detail at a tutorial level. The synthetic methods used to obtain these new materials are also covered in detail.
It combines the expertise from two different groups of scientists working on different properties and uses of several newly developed interstitial intermetallic materials. This includes scientists working on the thermodynamics of hydrogen storage materials and rechargeable hydride batteries and also those working on hard permanent magnetic materials. The two groups provide a different, but complementary, view of the properties of interstitial intermetallic materials.
The book is intended for both scientists and engineers working in the field and advanced graduate students in the fields of chemistry, physics, materials science, and materials engineering.

Autorentext
Professor Kurt Heinz Jürgen Buschow is a member of the Experimental Physics Department of the University of Amsterdam, where he teaches Magnetism and Magnetic Materials. He studied Physical Chemistry at the Free University of Amsterdam, starting in 1954. After having received his M.Sc. degree in 1960 he prepared his thesis work dealing with "Ion-pair Formation with Polyacene Mono and Dinegative Ions". He received his Ph.D. degree at the Free University in 1963. In 1964 he held a research position at the Philips Research Laboratories in Eindhoven. He was appointed Senior Scientist in 1976 and Chief Scientist in 1988. His research activities comprised fundamental as well as applied aspects. During this period he stayed for one year (1977) as a guest scientist at the Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, N.Y. In March 1994 he left the Philips Research Laboratories, taking a position at the Van der Waals-Zeeman Institute, University of Amsterdam and having simultaneously a part-time professorship at the University of Leiden. His teaching activities are in the field of Metal Physics and Magnetic Materials. He has published more than 1100 papers in international scientific journals and is author of several review papers and handbook chapters on magnetic materials, metal hydrides and amorphous alloys. He is Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Advisory Editor of the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials and is also Editor of the Series Handbook Magnetic Materials. Recently he became one of the Editors-in-Chief of the Encyclopedia of Materials: Science and Technology.

Inhalt

Preface. 1. An Introduction to the Formation of Interstitial Alloys through Gas--Solid Reactions; K.H.J. Buschow, G.J. Long, F. Grandjean. 2. Fundamental Concepts and Units in Magnetism and Thermodynamics; F. Grandjean, G.J. Long. 3. Matter and Magnetism: the Origin of the Problem; U. Rossu, F. Capolongo. 4. Thermodynamics of Metal--Gas Reactions; T.B. Flanagan. 5. A Survey of Binary and Ternary Metal Hydride Systems; A. Percheron Guégan. 6. Progress in Metal--Hydride Technology; P. Dantzer. 7. Rechargeable Nickel--Metalhydride Batteries: a Successful New Concept; P.H.L. Notten. 8. Introduction to Lattice Dynamics; H.R. Schober. 9. An Introduction to Neutron Scattering; W.B. Yelon. 10. Statics and Dynamics of Hydrogen in Metals; H.R. Schober. 11. Fundamentals of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; P.C. Riedi, J.S. Lord. 12. Diffusion of Hydrogen in Metals; H.R. Schober. 13. An Introduction to the Study of Hydrogen Motion in Metals by Nuclear Magnetic Resonance; P.C. Ridei, J.S. Lord. 14. Diffusion of Hydrogen in Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Alloys; M. Hirscher. 15. Introduction to Hard Magnetic Materials; K.H.J. Buschow. 16. Production of Nitrides and Carbides by Gas--Phase Interstitial Modification; R. Skomski, S. Brennan, S. Wirth. 17. Electronic Structure and Properties of Permanent-Magnet Materials; S.S. Jaswal. 18. Applications of Neutron Scattering to Interstitial Alloys; W.B. Yelon. 19. Mössbauer Spectroscopic Studies of Interstitial Intermetallic Compounds; F. Grandjean, G.J. Long. 20. NMR Studies of Intermetallics and Interstitial Solutions Containing H, C, and N; Cz. Kapusta, P.C. Riedi. 21. Structural Changes of Fe2Ce Alloys by Hydrogen Absorption; E.H. Büchler, M. Hirscher, H. Kronmüller. 22. Magnetic Properties of the Rare-Earth Transition--Metal Compounds and their Modification by Hydrogenation; J. Bartolomé. 23. Interstitial Nitrogen, Carbon, and Hydrogen: Modification of Magnetic and Electronic Properties; R. Skomski. 24. Spin--Reorientation Transitions in Intermetallic Compounds with Interstitial Inclusions; J. Bartolomé. 25. Role of Interstitial Alloys in the Permanent Magnet Industry; K.H.J. Buschow. 26. Characterization and Manufacturing of Permanent Magnets; K.H.J. Buschow. 27. Processing and Micromagnetism of Interstitial Permanent Magnets; R. Skomski, N.M. Dempsey. Appendix. Author Index. Subject Index.