The precipitation of hydrogen from niobium containing < 250 ppm hydrogen has been studied at sub-ambient temperatures by internal-friction, resistometric, and metallographic methods. Results indicate an athermal martensitic transformation requiring some prior ordering of hydrogen atoms. The hydride precipitated has a trigonal crystal structure arising from distortion of the niobium unit cell by local concentration of hydrogen.
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