METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS METAL HYDRIDE COMPACTS

摘要

METHOD FOR PREPARING POROUS METAL HYDRIDE COMPACTS A method for preparing porous metallic-matrix hydride compacts which can be repeatedly hydrided and dehydrided without disintegration. A mixture of a finely divided metal hydride and a finely divided matrix metal is contacted with a poison which prevents the metal hydride from dehydriding at room temperature and atmospheric pressure. The mixture of matrix metal and poisoned metal hydride is then compacted under pressure at room temperature to form porous metallicmatrix hydride compacts.