In-situ high-resolution study of the Pd-D2 system after passage over the thermodynamical critical point

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Our previous HRPD experiment on the Pd-D2 system resolved the long-standing controversy over the occupation of T interstitial sites by D, showing that T sites are occupied owing to passage over the thermodynamical critical point (39 bar D2 pressure at 283 degC). A concomitant effect is a significant excess D concentration when the sample is quenched to room temperature under D2 pressure, compared to formation of Pd-Dx by a phase transformation at room temperature. Very recently, we showed, using neutron diffraction, that the quenched deuteride is stable in vacuum or air. The latter phenomena are entirely novel in the long history of Pd-H2/D2 and this experiment aims to confirm and explore them authoritatively. We also aim to re-define the critical point directly, by observation of a single supercritical phase via crystallography, rather than by the disappearance of pressure hysteresis.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24090131
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24090131
Provenance
Creator Dr Kevin Knight; Professor Evan Gray; Dr Keith McLennan; Mr Timothy Webb; Dr Jim Webb
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-03-13T08:56:54Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-03-20T09:04:03Z