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Proton interactions in vicinity of a rare earth impurity in a hydride

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OSTI ID:5472845
Recent rare-earth-impurity ESR in ScH/sub x/:Er has determined the fractions p/sub 1/ and p/sub 2/ of impurities which have 1 and 2 surrounding octahedral sites occupied by protons. In the absence of proton-proton interactions p/sub 2/ ..cap alpha.. p/sub 1//sup 2/, is expected which is in gross disagreeent with the data. It is shown that if only nearest neighbor interactions are included, p/sub 2/ should still be proportional to p/sub 1//sup 2/; but satisfactory agreement can be obtained if both repulsive nearest-neighbor and longer range attractive interactions are included.
Research Organization:
Sandia Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-04-0789
OSTI ID:
5472845
Report Number(s):
SAND-80-0288C; CONF-800402-3
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English