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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 19, 1994
Yasushi Takai, Matsudo, JP;
Kazuhiro Yamada, Tokorozawa, JP;
Takashi Toide, Takefu, JP;
Shigenobu Tajima, Kiyose, JP;
Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed are a hydrogen storage alloy which contains carbon in a proportion of from 30 to 500 ppm and is represented by the stoichiometric formula A.sub.x B.sub.5.0, wherein A is La or a mixture of La with at least one rare earth metal other than La, B is at least one metal selected from a group consisting of Al, Co, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni, Ti, V, Zn and Zr, and x is a rational number in the range 0.95.ltoreq..times..ltoreq.1.00; and has a texture in which only the intermetallic compound phase named AB.sub.5 phase is present and every other intermetallic compound phase is absent: and a method of producing said alloy and an electrode using the same.