Operation of Tube Furnace for Synthesis of Hydrogen Storage MaterialsCX(s) Applied: B3.6Date: 07/22/2011Location(s): Aiken, South CarolinaOffice(s): Savannah River Operations Office
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July 22, 2011
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Operation of Tube Furnace for Synthesis of Hydrogen Storage Materials
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 07/22/2011
Location(s): Aiken, South Carolina
Office(s): Savannah River Operations Office
CX(s) Applied: B3.6
Date: 07/22/2011
Location(s): Aiken, South Carolina
Office(s): Savannah River Operations Office
To recreate hydrogen storage materials from literature, a tube furnace will be used to form lithium-magnesium-nitride from pelletized powder precursors, lithium nitride (Li3N) and magnesium nitride (Mg3N2). The quartz tube will be heated to up 900 to 1000 Kelvin while a carrier gas will flow through the tube and discharge to the fume hood.