Pressure/temperature fluid cell apparatus for the neutron powder diffractometer instrument: Probing atomic structure in situ

Wang, Hsiu -Wen; Fanelli, Victor R.; Reiche, Helmut M.; Larson, Eric; Taylor, Mark A.; Xu, Hongwu; Zhu, Jinlong; Siewenie, Joan; Page, Katharine

doi:10.1063/1.4902838

Title: Pressure/temperature fluid cell apparatus for the neutron powder diffractometer instrument: Probing atomic structure in situ

Journal Article · Wed Dec 24 04:00:00 UTC 2014 · Review of Scientific Instruments

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4902838 · OSTI ID:1239296

Wang, Hsiu -Wen ^[1]; Fanelli, Victor R. ^[1]; Reiche, Helmut M. ^[1]; Larson, Eric ^[1]; Taylor, Mark A. ^[1]; Xu, Hongwu ^[1]; Zhu, Jinlong ^[2]; Siewenie, Joan ^[1];

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Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Univ. of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV (United States); Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This contribution describes a new local structure compatible gas/liquid cell apparatus for probing disordered materials at high pressures and variable temperatures in the Neutron Powder Diffraction instrument at the Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory. The new sample environment offers choices for sample canister thickness and canister material type. Finite element modeling is utilized to establish maximum allowable working pressures of 414 MPa at 15 K and 121 MPa at 600 K. High quality atomic pair distribution function data extraction and modeling have been demonstrated for a calibration standard (Si powder) and for supercritical and subcritical CO₂measurements. As a result, the new sample environment was designed to specifically target experimental studies of the local atomic structures involved in geologic CO₂ sequestration, but will be equally applicable to a wide variety of energy applications, including sorption of fluids on nano/meso-porous solids, clathrate hydrate formation, catalysis, carbon capture, and H₂ and natural gas uptake/storage.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1239296

Report Number(s):: LA-UR--14-28205

Journal Information:: Review of Scientific Instruments, Journal Name: Review of Scientific Instruments Journal Issue: 12 Vol. 85; ISSN 0034-6748; ISSN RSINAK

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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