Comment on “Tritium absorption–desorption characteristics of LaNi4.25Al0.75”

Abstract

The thermodynamic data for LaNi 4.25 Al 0.75 tritide, reported by Wang et al. (W.-d. Wang et al., J. Alloys Compd. (2006) doi:10.1016, are in variance with our published data. The plateau pressures for the P-C-T isotherms at all temperatures are significantly lower than published data. As a result, the derived thermodynamic parameters, ∆H° and ∆S°, are questionable. Using the thermodynamic parameters derived from the data reported by Wang et al. will result in under estimating the expected pressures, and therefore not provide the desired performance for storing and processing tritium.