US-Sweden Cooperative Science: Hydrogen in Transition MetalP-Element Compounds

该奖项将支持博士之间的合作研究。 佛蒙特大学的特德·弗拉纳根和S. Rundqvist，University of Inorganic Chemistry， 瑞典乌普萨拉。 该项目的目标是 研究氢的溶解（和氢化物的形成） 在一系列金属P-元素化合物中， 金属磷化物的化学计量。 这些都有相同的 四方Ti P结构 氢溶液的热力学测量将是 在佛蒙特大学做的， 氢（氘）的位置的测定， 将在瑞典用中子 衍射法 这两种方法的结合是 这是可取的，因为它将允许更完整的解释， 要取得的成果。 对行为的理解 这些系统的重要性在于， 与某些技术兴趣的相关系统相同， 例如硅和非晶合金中的H。

This award will support collaborative research between Dr. Ted Flanagan, University of Vermont, and Professor S. Rundqvist, Department of Inorganic Chemistry, University of Uppsala, Sweden. The objective of the project is to investigate the solution of hydrogen (and hydride formation) in a series of metal p-element compounds which have the stoichiometry of metal phosphides. These all have the same tetragonal Ti P structure. The thermodynamic measurements of hydrogen solution will be made at the University of Vermont and the structural determinations of the hydrogen (deuterium) positions in the lattices will be carried out in Sweden using neutron diffraction. The combination of the two approaches is desirable, becuase it will allow a more complete interpretation of the results to be made. The understanding of the behavior of these systems is important because they have features in common with related systems of some technological interest, e.g. H in silicon and amorphous alloys.