What is the mechanism of hydrogen absorption in rare-earth intermetallics?
- 1 December 1977
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 48 (12) , 5289-5295
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.323551
Abstract
We have studied the intermetallic compounds EuPd and EuRh2, and the corresponding saturated hydrides, via Eu Mössbauer spectroscopy, magnetic measurements, and x‐ray diffraction. In both intermetallics, the Mössbauer parameters, indicative of the environment about the Eu ion, change substantially in the hydriding process and approach those of EuH2. We interpret those changes as evidence that the hydrogen absorption occurs via the formation of EuH2 ’’complexes’’. For the EuRh2, a simple thermodynamic argument supports this approach. The EuRh2 maintains the same crystal structure under H2 absorption, but the Eu3+ becomes Eu2+, and the lattice volume increases by 40%. EuPd changes structure under H2 absorption, but the Eu remains divalent. Results of magnetic and crystallographic measurements are presented. With partial hydriding, only the pure intermetallic and saturated hydride phases are observed to occur.This publication has 13 references indexed in Scilit:
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