Interaction with hydrogen of intermetallic compounds of MT composition (M=La, Ce, Sm, Gd, Y, Ba; T=Ag, Cu, Zn, Rh)

At temperatures 293-573 K rand pressure 0.2-10 MPa the effect of the nature of M and T components on the direction and reaction rate of intermetallic compounds of composition MT with hydrogen was studied. The compounds were crystallized in structural types Cr and CsCl. The absorption of hydrogen was attended with decomposition of their matrices, as exemplified by X-ra diffraction and complex thermogravimetric methods of analysis. The interaction under consideration was completed in a period of few minutes under increase of temperature to 573 and pressure to 10 MPa