Published March 10, 2003 | Version v1
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The decomposition of LiAlD4 studied by in-situ X-ray and neutron diffraction

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The decomposition of LiAlD4 was studied by thermal desorption spectroscopy and neutron and synchrotron X-ray in-situ diffraction. The first two reaction stages (3LiAlD4=Li3AlD6+2Al+3D2 and Li3AlD6=3LiD+Al+((3)/(2))D2) were confirmed. No other intermediate phases were observed. Both reactions are very heat-rate dependent. The lowest temperature measured for complete reactions were 112 and 127 deg. C, respectively. Based on refinements of the unit-cell dimensions, neither LiAlD4 nor Li3AlD6 lose any D2 prior to their thermal decompositions

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PII
S0925838802010216;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Journal Volume
351
Journal Issue
1-2
Journal Page Range
p. 222-227
ISSN
0925-8388
CODEN
JALCEU

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Copyright (c) 2002 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.