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Effects of hydrogen and deuterium on the temperature dependence of the shear constants C' of vanadium single crystals

Journal Article · · Acta Metall.; (United States)
An experimental study is carried out to determine whether or not a significant Snoek relaxation occurs in vanadium-hydrogen and -deuterium systems. Elastic shear constants, C/sup '/ = 1/2 (C/sub 11/-C/sub 12/) of V, V-H and V-D alloys are measured over the temperature range from 298 to 450 K by using an ultrasonic method. The change in C/sup '/ on allowing ..delta..C/sup '/, is found to be proportional to the inverse of temperature, indicating the occurrence of the Snoek-type relaxation due to rearrangements of H and D interstitials. The quantity vertical bar A - B vertical bar, a measure of tetragonality of the displacement field around H and D expressed in terms of the force-dipole tensor components, is evaluated from the slope of ..delta..C/sup '/ vs 1/T curves as 0.67 eV for V-H and 0.53 eV for V-D, respectively. These values of vertical bar A - B vertical bar are large by more than one order of magnitude as compared to those in Nb and Ta, in which no Snoek effect is so far observed.
Research Organization:
Dept. of Physics, Science Univ. of Tokyo
OSTI ID:
5683389
Journal Information:
Acta Metall.; (United States), Journal Name: Acta Metall.; (United States) Vol. 35:4; ISSN AMETA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English