Mg-x(Ti0.9 Zr0.2 Mn1.5 Cr0.3)(x=20%,30%,40%) (mass fraction) composite powders were prepared by reactive ball milling with hydrogen and their hydrogen storage properties and microstructure were investigated by XRD,SEM and pressure-composition-temperature measurement.The results show that the composites have 3.83%-5.07%hydrogen capacity at 553 K and good hydrogenation kinetics,even at room temperature.Among them,the milled Mg-30%(Ti0.9Zr0.2Mn1.5Cr0.3)composite has the highest hydrogenation kinetics as it can quickly absorb 2.1%hydrogen at 373 K,3.5%in 2 000 s at 473 K,even 3.26%in 60 s at 553 K under 3 MPa hydrogen pressure.The improved hydrogenation properties come from the catalytic effect of Ti0.9 Zr0.2 Mn1.5 Cr0.3 particles dispersed uniformly on the surface of Mg particles.
Two novel 3-D coordination compounds, Nd2[C6（COO）6]（H2O）6 （1）and Ho2[C6（COO）6]（H2O）6 （2）, were hydrothermaily synthesized from mellitic acid and neodymium perchlorate （or holmium perchlorate） in the alkaline aqueous solution and characterized with elemental analysis, TG, IR spectrum, and single crystal X-ray diffraction. The two compounds were isostructural and crystallized in the orthorhombic system, space group Pnnm, with a=1.3531 （4） nm, b=0.6687 （2） nm, c=1.0224（3） nm, V=0.92523（5） nm^3, Z=4, D=2.630 g/cm^3, F（000）=696.0, Goof=1.052. Final R indices [1 〉2∑（Ⅰ）]： R1=0.0195, wR2=0.0382 for 1; a=1.3411 （2） nm, b=0.6586（1） nm, c=1.0116（2） nm, V=0.8935（3） nm^3, Z=4, D=2.877 g/cm^3, F（000）=724.0, Goof=1.061. Final R indices [1 〉2∑（Ⅰ）]： R1=0.0200, wR2=0.0479 for 2. In the two compounds 1 and 2, the mellitic acid ligand, in which all the carboxylate groups were deprotonated, had only one kind of coordination mode to bridge metal ions to form four-connected three-dimensional diamondiod networks.
