An in situ Mssbauer study using synchrotron radiation

Masuda, Ryo; Mitsui, Takaya; Ito, Keiji*; Sakaki, Koji*; Enoki, Hirotoshi*; Nakamura, Yumiko*; Seto, Makoto

We have been developing a system for in situ Mssbauer studies using synchrotron radiation (SR) to elucidate the mechanism of hydrogenation processes. In the system, samples reacts in an atmosphere chamber and SR-based Mssbauer spectra using variable-frequency nuclear monochromator and energy spectra of inelastic nuclear resonant scattering (NRS) of SR are measured. As a feasibility study, the temperature dependence of the Mssbauer and inelastic NRS spectra of Fe in -GdFeH under vacuum were measured. In both spectra, clear differences were observed between 373 K and 573 K. These differences can be interpreted by the change of microscopic environment around Fe at the dehydrogenation. Thus, it is confirmed that this system works well enough to perform the in-situ Mssbauer study on the dehydrogenation of -GdFeH.