The Gadolinium-Hydrogen System1
The Gadolinium-Hydrogen System1
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DOI:
10.1021/ja01587a003
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发表时间:
1956-03
影响因子:
15
通讯作者:
G. Sturdy;R. Mulford
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作者:
G. Sturdy;R. Mulford
Pressure-temperature-composition data are presented for the gadolinium-hydrogen system. Two hydride phases exist, the first being a cubic structure of ideal composition close to GdH2, the second being a hexagonal structure of ideal composi-tion close to GdHg. Both hydrides exist over composition ranges. A partial phase diagram and X-ray data for the Gd-H system are presented. Anenthalpy change of—46.9 kcal. per mole of H2 is obtainedfrom the PTC data for the conver-sion of hydrogen-saturated gadolinium to hydrogen-deficient GdH2at temperatures from 600 to 800.Introduction.—The study of rare-earth hydrides is of interest to this Laboratory for two reasons. The first is simply the desire to add to the general store of fundamental knowledge concerning metallic hydrides. The second—more important to our immediate interests—is that the chemistry of the lanthanide elements has been very helpful as a basis for the study of the actinide elementsbecause of similarities and analogies. The particular rare-earth hydride which is the subject of this article has proved to be a counterpart of plutonium hy-dride. The data presented here greatly strengthen deductions as to the phase relationships in the