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A hydrogen storage alloy and its production method are disclosed, which has an extremely high effective hydrogen storage capacity in the pressure range from 0.001 to 10 MPa, and a variety of use. The alloy is principally of a body-centered cubic crystal structure, and represented by the compositional formula Cr.sub.aTi.sub.bV.sub.cFe.sub.dM.sub.eX.sub.-f (M: Al etc.; X: La etc.; 30.ltoreq.a.ltoreq.70, 20.ltoreq.b.ltoreq.50, 5.ltoreq.c.ltoreq.20, 0.ltoreq.d.ltoreq.10, 0.ltoreq.e.ltoreq.10, and 0.ltoreq.f.ltoreq.10, a+b+c+d+e+f=100). The alloy contains 0.005 to 0.150 wt % of O.sub.2, and has hydrogen absorption-desorption capability of not less than 2.2% of its weight from 0 to 100.degree. C. and from 0.001 to 10 MPa. The method includes step (a) of melting starting materials for the alloy, deoxidizing step (b) such as step (b1) of blowing Ar into the alloy melt, and casting step (c).

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