Neutron diffraction investigation of the dhcp and hep iron hydrides and deutendes

V. E. Antonov, K. Cornell, V. K. Fedotov, A. I. Kolesnikov, E. G. Ponyatovsky, V. I. Shiryaev, H. Wipf

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Abstract

Iron hydride and deuteride with the dhcp metal lattice and iron deuteride with the hep lattice were prepared under high hydrogen or deuterium pressures and studied by neutron diffraction in a metastable state at ambient pressure and 90 K. The crystal structures of the obtained phases were refined using the Rietveld method. The composition of the dhcp phase is close to FeH1.0 or to FeD1.0 and its metal lattice contains many stacking faults in agreement with the previous data. Hydrogen or deuterium atoms in this phase occupy all available octahedral interstitial sites in the metal lattice. The composition of the hep phase is FeD0.42±0.04, deuterium atoms randomly occupying approximately 0.42 octahedral site of the one available per formula unit (L′3 type structure). The hcp phase is identified with the non-magnetic phase observed earlier in the Mössbauer spectra of Fe-H and Fe-D samples at 4.2 K.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)214-222
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume264
Issue number1-2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 9 1998
Externally publishedYes

Funding

The assistance of Dr. A.W. Hewat and Dr. B. Ouladdiaf, ILL, in conducting the neutron diffraction experiments is greatly acknowledged. The work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research under a Grant No. 96-02-17522.

FundersFunder number
Russian Foundation for Basic Research96-02-17522

    Keywords

    • Iron hydride
    • Neutron diffraction

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