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Measuring the Time-Evolution of Nanoscale Materials with Stopped-Flow and Small-Angle Neutron Scattering
Published on: August 6, 2021
Nano-scaled TiO(OD)2: a time resolved 1H/2D isotope exchange study observed in situ with neutron scattering at 20 °C
Vincent Legrand1, Odile Merdrignac-Conanec, Werner Paulus
1LUNAM Université, Université de Nantes - Ecole Centrale Nantes, Institut de Recherche en Génie Civil et Mécanique UMR CNRS 6183, Equipe Etat Mécanique et Microstructure, 37 boulevard de l'Université, BP 406, 44602 Saint-Nazaire cedex, France. vincent.legrand@univ-nantes.fr
Abstract:
In situ neutron diffraction measurements of the nanocrystalline deuterated oxyhydroxide TiO(OD)(2) compound were performed as a function of time and temperature under NH(3) gas flow in order to study the hydrogen-deuterium exchange mechanism. Data were collected on the instrument D20 at the ILL (France) and the analysis of the kinetics was directly based on the contrast variation of the incoherent neutron cross section of hydrogen and deuterium. The time evolution of the hydrogenated phase fraction was described using the well-known Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami (KJMA) expression. The H/D exchange reaction is complete within 140 s at 20 °C and within 120 s at 40 °C. The activation energy for the H/D exchange reaction is estimated to be 37 kJ mol(-1).
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