Addendum: Site occupancy of interstitial deuterium atoms in face-centred cubic iron

Machida, Akihiko*; Saito, Hiroyuki*; Sugimoto, Hidehiko*; Hattori, Takanori; Sano, Asami; Endo, Naruki*; Katayama, Yoshinori*; Iizuka, Riko*; Sato, Toyoto*; Matsuo, Motoaki*; et al.

Nature Communications (Internet), 15, p.8861_1 - 8861_2, 2024/10

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52736-1

In our previous article (Nature Commun. 5, 5063 (2014)), the site occupancies of D atoms dissolved in an fcc Fe metal lattice were investigated via Rietveld refinement of neutron powder diffraction patterns collected at 988 K and 6.3 GPa. The fcc metal lattice has two interstitial sites available for accommodating D atoms: octahedral and tetrahedral sites. The Rietveld refinement revealed that D atoms occupied mainly the octahedral sites with occupancy of 0.532 and slightly the tetrahedral sites with occupancy of 0.056. Subsequent density-functional-theory (DFT) calculations by Antonov (Phys. Rev. Mater. 2019)) showed that the occupation energy on the tetrahedral site was significantly higher than that on the octahedral site; the tetrahedral site occupation was unlikely to occur even at temperatures as high as 988 K. We reexamined the site occupancies of D-atom by Rietveld refinement including extinction correction. As a result, the octahedral occupancy was increased to 0.60 and the tetrahedral occupancy was reduced to zero. The occupation of only the octahedral site for D atom is consistent with the DFT calculation, although in contrast to the previous results.

Design study of compact medical accelerator using superconducting rf quadrupole for boron neutron capture therapy

Katayama, Ryo*; Kako, Eiji*; Yamaguchi, Seiya*; Michizono, Shinichiro*; Umemori, Kensei*; Kondo, Yasuhiro

Physical Review Accelerators and Beams (Internet), 25(2), p.021601_1 - 021601_18, 2022/02

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevAccelBeams.25.021601

We investigated the feasibility on the application of a superconducting radio frequency (SRF) niobium cavity to an accelerator-based neutron source for boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). This paper presents a first feasibility study on the application of a SRF niobium cavity to an accelerator-based neutron source for BNCT, assuming that a superconducting radio frequency quadrupole (SC-RFQ) composed of pure bulk niobium at 4.2 K accelerates the proton/deuteron beams to a beryllium or lithium target for the neutron production of BNCT. We evaluated the feasibility on the following three criteria: comparison of the cooling capacity of the refrigerator to the amount of heat, power consumption of AC, and size of the BNCT system. This study demonstrated that the application of the SRF cavity for the rf-linac-based neutron source of BNCT is feasible, and the 2.5 MeV deuteron SC-RFQ and lithium target system is the optimum.

Synthesis and formation process of AlCuH; A New class of interstitial aluminum-based alloy hydride

Saito, Hiroyuki; Takagi, Shigeyuki*; Endo, Naruki; Machida, Akihiko; Aoki, Katsutoshi; Orimo, Shinichi*; Katayama, Yoshinori

APL Materials (Internet), 1(3), p.032113_1 - 032113_7, 2013/09

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4821632

Real-time X-ray diffraction of metastable phases during solidification from the undercooled LuFeO melt by two-dimensional detector at 1 kHz

Kumar, M. V.*; Kuribayashi, Kazuhiko*; Nagashio, Kosuke*; Ishikawa, Takehiko*; Okada, Jumpei*; Yu, J.*; Yoda, Shinichi*; Katayama, Yoshinori

Applied Physics Letters, 100(19), p.191905_1 - 191905_4, 2012/05

https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4712124

identification of metastable phases formed from the undercooled LuFeO melt under controlled oxygen partial pressure o was studied by X-ray diffraction measurements at a synchrotron radiation source. Real-time observation of the formation and growth of individual phases during the single recalescence of LuFeO and LuFeO phases at o of 110 Pa has been revealed by a high speed imaging system at 1 kHz. The obtained diffraction pattern of the metastable phase in the LuFeO system was consistent with that of the metastable and stable phases reported in the Lu-Fe-O system.

Hydrogen storage using aluminum hydride

Ikeda, Kazuki*; Orimo, Shinichi*; Saito, Hiroyuki; Machida, Akihiko; Katayama, Yoshinori; Aoki, Katsutoshi

Suiso Seizo, Kyuzo, Chozo Zairyo To Anzenka, p.317 - 327, 2010/08

AlH is a metal hydride with a large gravimetric and volumetric hydrogen content (10.1 wt.% and 149kgH/m, respectively), and therefore it is promising as a hydrogen storage material. The high capacity and low desorption temperature (80150C) have attracted much attention. In situ X-ray diffraction measurements for the Al-H binary system at high pressures and temperatures were performed to investigate the hydrogenation of aluminum metal immersed in hydrogen fluid as well as the phase stability of the aluminum hydride formed.

Heavy fermion state in YbIrZn

Yoshiuchi, Shingo*; Toda, Masatoshi*; Matsushita, Masaki*; Yasui, Shinichi*; Hirose, Yusuke*; Oya, Masahiro*; Katayama, Keisuke*; Honda, Fuminori*; Sugiyama, Kiyohiro*; Hagiwara, Masayuki*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 78(12), p.123711_1 - 123711_4, 2009/12

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.78.123711

Microstructure formation and in situ phase identification from undercooled Co-61.8 at.% Si melts solidified on an electromagnetic levitator and an electrostatic levitator

Li, M.*; Nagashio, Kosuke*; Ishikawa, Takehiko*; Mizuno, Akitoshi*; Adachi, Masayoshi*; Watanabe, Masahito*; Yoda, Shinichi*; Kuribayashi, Kazuhiko*; Katayama, Yoshinori

Acta Materialia, 56(11), p.2514 - 2525, 2008/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.01.041

Co-61.8 at.% Si (CoSe-CoSi) eutectic alloys were solidified on an electromagnetic levitator (EML) and an electrostatic levitator (ESL) at different undercooling levels. The results indicated that there is only a single recalescence event at low undercooling with the CoSi intermetallic compound as primary phase, which is independent of processing facilities, on either an EML or an ESL. The microstructure, however, is strongly dependent on the processing facility. On high undercooling, double recalescence takes place regardless of levitation condition. In situ X-ray diffraction of alloys solidified on the EML demonstrates that the CoSi compound becomes the primary phase upon the first recalescence, and the CoSi intermetallic phase crystallizes during the second recalescence. In addition to phase identification, real-time diffraction patterns can also provide additional evidence of the fragmentation of the primary phase.

A New measurement of the astrophysical Li(, n)B reaction

Ishiyama, Hironobu*; Hashimoto, Takashi; Ishikawa, Tomoko*; Watanabe, Yutaka*; Das, S. K.*; Miyatake, Hiroari; Mizoi, Yutaka*; Fukuda, Tomokazu*; Tanaka, Masahiko*; Fuchi, Yoshihide*; et al.

Physics Letters B, 640(3), p.82 - 85, 2006/09

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2006.07.036

The excitation function of the Li(,n)B reaction was measured while identifying the final state event by event in the region of E = 0.7 - 2.6 MeV using a highly efficient detector system and a low-energy Li beam. The results are much improved both in statistics and precisions, and show smaller cross sections than those of previous measurements by a factor of more than 2 in the low-energy region of E 1.5 MeV. A resonance-like structure is found at around E = 0.85 MeV.

Production of a low-energy radioactive nuclear beam with high purity using JAERI-RMS

Ishiyama, Hironobu*; Ishikawa, Tomoko*; Hashimoto, Takashi; Watanabe, Yutaka*; Hirayama, Yoshikazu*; Imai, Nobuaki*; Miyatake, Hiroari; Tanaka, Masahiko*; Fuchi, Yoshihide*; Yoshikawa, Nobuharu*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 560(2), p.366 - 372, 2006/05

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2005.12.244

Thanks to the nature of inverse transfer-reactions, low-energy radioactive nuclear beams in light neutron-rich region were produced. The mass-separation and velocity-separation of the JAERI recoil mass-separator help to form high purity beams. The beams of Li, B, and N-RNBs are utilized to the experiments, so far, with those beam intensities and purities of 1.410 pps and 99, 7.810 pps and 98, and 4.710 pps and 98.5, respectively.

Measurement of self-diffusion coefficients in Li ionic conductors by using the short-lived radiotracer of Li

Jeong, S.-C.*; Katayama, Ichiro*; Kawakami, Hirokane*; Watanabe, Yutaka*; Ishiyama, Hironobu*; Imai, Nobuaki*; Hirayama, Yoshikazu*; Miyatake, Hiroari; Sataka, Masao; Okayasu, Satoru; et al.

Journal of Phase Equilibria and Diffusion, 26(5), p.472 - 476, 2005/09

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11669-005-0037-0

Authors developed a radiotracer method for diffusion studies in solids. The experimental test was performed by the measurement of the diffusion coefficients of Li in a sample of the compound LiAl using an -emitting radiotracer of Li(T = 0.84 s). It was found that the time-dependent yields of the alpha particles from the diffusing 8Li that was initially implanted in the sample could be used as a measure of the diffusivity of the tracer in a nondestructive way. The method was applied to measure the self-diffusion coefficients of Li in LiGa, and for investigating how the Li diffusion in the Li ionic conductors is affected by the concentration of atomic defects.