Abstract
Various phases of titanium hydrides with differing hydrogen and deuterium content are studied by small-angle neutron scattering. The low temperature metastable χ phase produced by quenching under high pressure shows small, but pronounced scattering at liquid nitrogen temperature. At 140 K a very abrupt increase in the scattered intensity is detected, more than one order of magnitude for less than 30 s. The scattering from the room temperature (α+γ) phase is analysed by the fractal as well as the random two-phase model. The fit does not prove fractal behaviour of the α-Ti precipitates in the γ-TiH(D)1 matrix. A good representation is obtained in a random two-phase model, giving about 50 and 60 angstrom correlation lengths, independently of the deuterium or hydrogen content. For the δ phase, only the asymptotic behaviour of the scattering curves is observed in the scattering vector range covered in the experiments.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 287-290 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Journal De Physique. IV : JP |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 8 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1993 |
Externally published | Yes |
Event | Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Small Angle Scattering - Saclay, Fr Duration: Apr 27 1993 → Apr 30 1993 |