Ames Laboratory Develops Solvent-, Catalyst-Free Way to Produce Alkali Metal Hydrides
Tuesday, December 20, 2016 - 16:01
in Physics & Chemistry
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory have found a way to create alkali metal hydrides without the use of solvents or catalysts. The process, using room temperature mechanical ball milling, provides a lower cost method to produce these alkali metals which are widely used in industrial processes as reducing and drying agents, precursors in synthesis of complex metal hydrides, hydrogen storage materials, and in nuclear engineering.