US 7,514,036 B2
	Hydrogen permeable alloy and method for producing the same
Kiyoshi Aoki, Kitami (Japan); Kazuhiro Ishikawa, Kitami (Japan); Tsuyoshi Sasaki, Muroran (Japan); and Toshiki Kabutomori, Muroran (Japan)
Assigned to The Japan Steel Works, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan); and National University Corporation Kitami Institute of Technology, Hokkaido (Japan)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/390,218.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-266459 (JP), filed on Sep. 14, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2007/0056660 A1, Mar. 15, 2007
Int. Cl. C22C 27/02 (2006.01); C22C 30/00 (2006.01); C22F 1/18 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 420—426  [420/580; 420/900; 148/422; 148/442; 148/668]

6 Claims

1. A hydrogen permeable Nb—Ti—Co alloy having both hydrogen permeability and hydrogen embrittlement resistance, comprising a multiphase including a CoTi phase and an (Nb, Ti) phase having a granular structure.