MOSSBAUER EFFECT OF 57FE AND 119SN IN PALLADIUM ALLOYS OF DIFFERENT HYDROGEN CONTENT

The isomer shifts of 57Fe and 119Sn in Pd/Fe and Pd/Sn alloys of different compositions have been studied as functions of hydrogen content. In both systems the isomer shifts start to increase steeply at hydrogen contents which bring up the electron concentration in the alloy to 0.55 additional electrons per metal atom (compared to pure Pd). In accordance with results from other experimental methods each Fe atom has been found to donate 3 and each Sn atom 3.5 electrons to the bands of the alloy. The increase of the isomer shift is shown to follow the rise of the Fermi level when the bands are filled up gradually. It can be correlated to Friedel's model of virtual bound states. The results obtained confirm the connections developed earlier between the absorption of hydrogen and the electronic structure of Pd and its alloys. They agree with conclusions drawn from magnetic behaviour and from electronic specific heats at low temperatures. They do not verify, however, a direct relation to the lattice constants in these systems. It is not yet obvious how to correlate our results with the value of 0.36 d-holes in pure Pd obtained recently from measurements of the de Haas-van Alphen effect; possible deviations from the rigid-band model are discussed. © 1969, Walter de Gruyter. All rights reserved.