To clarify the formation mechanism of La-Ni compounds by the reduction-diffusion (R-D) process, the reduction of La
2O
3 by CaH
2 and the R-D reaction to form La-Ni compounds were carried out at 1200, 1300 and 1400 K. In the reduction experiment, pellets of mixed powders of La
2O
3 and CaH
2 were heated in a deoxygenated Ar gas stream and the reduction rate was estimated from the intensity measurement with XRD. In the R-D experiment, La
2O
3 and CaH
2 were mixed with Ni powder or Ni wires and pressed into pellets, and the reacted samples were examined with XRD, SEM and EPMA.
The reduction with CaH
2 1.7 times as much as the chemical equivalent for the reduction of La
2O
3 revealed that the reduction rate was considerably high and the reaction was completed in 0.5 to 1.0 ks from the start of the reaction at 1300 or 1400 K. In the R-D reaction for the samples containing Ni powder, LaNi
5, La
2Ni
7 and CaNi
5 were formed, and the CaNi
5 at 1300 and 1400 K was diminished as the reaction proceeded. It was also proved in the R-D reaction for the pellets containing Ni wires that a double-layer of CaNi
5 and LaNi
5 was formed on the surface of each Ni wire and that La diffused in the CaNi
5 layer to form LaNi
5. When the amount of CaH
2 mixed in a pellet was 3 times as much as the chemical equivalent for reduction, Ni wires in the pellet were dissolved in Ca melt and their original shapes was not retained. In the case of the amount of CaH
2 just as much as the chemical equivalent for reduction, on the other hand, the reaction rate was lowered and the reaction products were LaNi
5 and La
7Ni
16, though the formation of CaNi
5 was not observed.
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