Hydrogen absorption of slurry system composed of different MgNi alloy and benzene

The hydrogen absorption amount and kinetics of the slurry formed by suspending the MgNi alloy powderin liquid benzene were studied. It is discovered that hydrogen is absorbed by both the solid phase(alloy) and liquidphase(C6 H6) and the hydrogen absorption rate varies with the temperature and the content of the Mg-Ni in the slur-ry. Most hydrogen absorption curves of the slurry fall into two regions, in which the mechanism of hydriding reac-tion in the slurry system is different. In the former region, the hydriding of the alloy proceeds with hydrogen diffu-sing through C6 H6. The part in the second region is the outcome of the hydrogenation of C6 H6. At 548 K and underthe hydrogen pressure of 4.5 MPa the saturation capacity for the slurry of 80% C6 H6 (mass fraction)+20% MgNi(mass fraction) is 5.9% (mass fraction) hydrogen, which is 97% of the theoretic capacity of the slurry system.The hydride of the alloy MgNi, which is only the hydride of Mg2Ni phase, Mg2NiH4, is an efficient catalyst for thehydrogenation of C6 H6 into C6 H12 (C6 H6 +3H2→C6 H12 ) in the slurry system.