Chemistry and Chemical Biology ETDs
Publication Date
6-11-1958
Abstract
The motivating factor for this investigation of the magnesium-hydrogen system was the recent interest in the hydride of beryllium. Although beryllium hydride has been prepared by the pyrolysis of di-t-butylberyllium, no evidence for the direct union of beryllium and hydrogen has been reported. It was thought that an examination of the reaction between magnesium and hydrogen and determination of the thermodynamic relations involved might have a bearing on this phenomenon. Also, the properties of magnesium hydride are interesting from an over-all periodic table viewpoint. The hydrides of beryllium and magnesium are usually considered to be intermediary between the saline, or ionic hydrides, and the metallic, or interstitial ones. It has been proposed that the structure of magnesium hydride might contain hydrogen bridges similar to those in the hydrides of boron and aluminium Although the physical properties have already been catalogued, this work has extended the data to higher pressures and temperatures.
Project Sponsors
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Language
English
Document Type
Thesis
Department Name
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
First Committee Member (Chair)
John Francis Suttle
Second Committee Member
Jesse LeRoy Riebsomer
Third Committee Member
Milton Kahn
Fourth Committee Member
Guido Herman Daub
Fifth Committee Member
Charles E. Holley Jr.
Recommended Citation
Stampfer, J. Frederick Jr.. "The Magnesium-Hydrogen System." (1958). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/chem_etds/140