Hydrogen cycling induced diffraction peak broadening in C14 and C15 Laves phases
- Laboratoire de Chimie Metallurgique des Terres Rares, ISCSA, CNRS, 2-8 rue Henri Dunant, F-94320, Thiais Cedex (France)
- Laboratoire de Cristallographie, Universite de Geneve, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, CH-1211 Geneva 4 (Switzerland)
The diffraction peak broadening induced by hydrogen absorption-desorption cycling has been analyzed in four different Laves phase compounds with the C14 and C15 structures. The broadening is due to strain most probably originating from dislocations generated at the interface between the {alpha} and {beta} hydride phases in connection with the cell volume difference between the two phases. It has been shown that it is strongly compound dependent. In the case of the C14 structure, the broadening is large and isotropic, and the latter can be related to the isotropy of the elastic constants of the metallic phase. The broadening is less for the compounds with the C15 structure, which can be related to a possibly softer lattice. Better ageing properties after long-term cycling are predicted for this crystal structure.
- OSTI ID:
- 20725964
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 178, Issue 6; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2005.03.018; PII: S0022-4596(05)00110-6; Copyright (c) 2005 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0022-4596
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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