PRESSURE-COMPOSITION ISOTHERMS FOR NANOCRYSTALLINE PALLADIUM HYDRIDE

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作者
WOLF, RJ [1 ]
LEE, MW
RAY, JR
机构
[1] WESTINGHOUSE SAVANNAH RIVER CO, SAVANNAH RIVER TECHNOL CTR, AIKEN, SC 29808 USA
[2] CLEMSON UNIV, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, CLEMSON, SC 29634 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.557
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We present results from Monte Carlo simulations of the pressure-composition isotherms of nanometer-size palladium clusters under hydrogen loading. In contrast to simulations of bulk samples, the clusters do not show a phase transformation upon hydriding. A study of the hydrogen loading of the clusters shows that they load the surface first and then the interior, with no evidence of a phase transformation. We relate this behavior of our models to the observed narrowing of the plateau (miscibility gap) in the phase boundary of the pressure-composition phase diagram of nanocrystalline palladium.
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