Abstract:
The present invention relates to a magnesium alloy for quickly generating hydrogen from hydrolysis reaction of a neutral sodium chloride aqueous solution and a method for manufacturing the same, wherein the magnesium alloy in which grain boundary seregation is performed with a noble element or a noble phase by electrochemically adding the nobler element than magnesium to pure magnesium generates hydrogen through hydrolysis reaction by performing grain boundary corrosion and galvanic corrosion in the neutral sodium chloride aqueous solution at the same time. According to the present invention, a bulk magnesium alloy generates hydrogen through hydrolysis reaction in the sodium chloride aqueous solution and contains an electronically nobler element than the magnesium. Therefore, the magnesium alloy can have remarkably fast speed of generating hydrogen as compared to the conventional technology of generating hydrogen with a magnesium sheet, can be much more economical than magnesium powders, and can be easily stored because the magnesium alloy is safe in the air.