ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Glassy Carbon, a magic-bullet material for containment of hydrogen gas in neutron total scattering experiments?

Abstract: One increasingly important area of applied science in which the disordered materials group is currently limited in its engagement, are experiments that use hydrogen gas at high temperature and pressure. Standard cell containment materials Vanadium and TiZr embrittle or decrepitate with H2, and quartz has insufficient strength for high pressure. This means we are unable to study important systems that could particularly benefit from a meso- and atomic scale structural evaluation that NIMROD can uniquely provide e.g. heterogenous catalysis and geological hydrogen storage. Glassy Carbon could therefore provide a magic-bullet to open new areas of science and increasing the academic, and potentially industrial, user base for NIMROD. This experiment will test if deuterium gas is taken into the glassy carbon nanopores at kbar pressures.

Local Contact: Dr Tom Headen
Experimenter: Dr Daniel Bowron
Experimenter: Dr Tristan Youngs

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB2610620

ISIS Experiment Number: RB2610620

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

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