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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2006
Tetsuya Ozaki, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuo Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Kanemoto, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Kuzuhara, Kyoto, JP;
Tadashi Kakeya, Kyoto, JP;
Masaharu Watada, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuya Ozaki, Kyoto, JP;
Tetsuo Sakai, Osaka, JP;
Manabu Kanemoto, Kyoto, JP;
Minoru Kuzuhara, Kyoto, JP;
Tadashi Kakeya, Kyoto, JP;
Masaharu Watada, Kyoto, JP;
GS Yuasa International Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science & Technology, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A hydrogen storage alloy containing a phase of a chemical composition defined by a general formula ABC: wherein in the general formula ABC, A denotes one or more element(s) selected from rare earth elements; B denotes one or more element(s) selected from a group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba; C denotes one or more element(s) selected from a group consisting of Ni, Co, Mn, Al, Cr, Fe, Cu, Zn, Si, Sn, V, Nb, Ta, Ti, Zr, and Hf; and x denotes a numeral in a range from −0.1 to 0.8: and the phase has a crystal structure belonging to a space group of R-3and having a length ratio of the c-axis to the a-axis of the lattice constant in a range of 11.5 to 12.5.