High pressure X-ray diffraction study of copper hydride at room temperature |
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Authors: | M. Tkacz S. Majchrzak B. Baranowski |
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Affiliation: | Institute of Physical Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences , 01-224 Warszawa, Kaspnaka 44/52, Poland |
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Abstract: | Abstract High pressure X-ray studies on CuH up to 23 GPa have been performed at room temperature using a gasketed diamond anvil cell. The experimental data on the molar volume of CuH as a function of pressure have been fitted to Murnaghan's equation of state giving a bulk modulus: B0 = 72.5±2 GPa and B0 = 2.7 ± 0.3. By comparison with the equation of state for pure copper the effective additive volume of hydrogen has been evaluated as a function of pressure. It decreases from 3.2 cm3/mol H, at ambient pressure reaching a flattening value of 1.7cm3hol H at about 60 GPa. This suggests a continuous transition of CuH from ionic or covalent character at normal pressure to metallic hydride behavior at high pressure |
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Keywords: | Energy dispersion X-ray copper hydride |
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