Pressure-modulated magnetism and negative thermal expansion in the HoFe intermetallic compound

Cao, Y.*; Zhou, H.*; Khmelevskyi, S.*; Lin, K.*; Avdeev, M.*; Wang, C.-W.*; Wang, B.*; Hu, F.*; Kato, Kenichi*; Hattori, Takanori; et al.

Chemistry of Materials, 35(8), p.3249 - 3255, 2023/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00158

Hydrostatic and chemical pressure are efficient stimuli to alter the crystal structure and are commonly used for tuning electronic and magnetic properties in materials science. However, chemical pressure is difficult to quantify and a clear correspondence between these two types of pressure is still lacking. Here, we study intermetallic candidates for a permanent magnet with a negative thermal expansion (NTE). Based on in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction, negative chemical pressure is revealed in HoFe on Al doping and quantitatively evaluated by using temperature and pressure dependence of unit cell volume. A combination of magnetization and neutron diffraction measurements also allowed one to compare the effect of chemical pressure on magnetic ordering with that of hydrostatic pressure. Intriguingly, pressure can be used to control suppression and enhancement of NTE. Electronic structure calculations indicate that pressure affected the top of the majority band with respect to the Fermi level, which has implications for the magnetic stability, which in turn plays a critical role in modulating magnetism and NTE. This work presents a good example of understanding the effect of pressure and utilizing it to control properties of functional materials.

Modulation of Dirac electrons in epitaxial BiSe ultrathin films on van der Waals ferromagnet CrSiTe

Kato, Takemi*; Sugawara, Katsuaki*; Ito, Naohiro*; Yamauchi, Kunihiko*; Sato, Takumi*; Oguchi, Tamio*; Takahashi, Takashi*; Shiomi, Yuki*; Saito, Eiji; Sato, Takafumi*

Physical Review Materials (Internet), 4(8), p.084202_1 - 084202_6, 2020/08

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.084202

The Catalog of solidification and volume reduction technologies for the treatment of radioactive waste generated by the decommissioning of Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station

Kato, Jun; Nakagawa, Akinori; Taniguchi, Takumi; Sakakibara, Tetsuro; Nakazawa, Osamu; Meguro, Yoshihiro

JAEA-Review 2017-015, 173 Pages, 2017/07

JAEA-Review-2017-015.pdf:6.67MB

Various radioactive wastes have been generated at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station (1F). To dispose of the wastes underground, it is necessary to make a suitable waste package by the volume reduction and solidification of the wastes. To plan the future decommissioning of 1F, it is also necessary to estimate feasibility of existing treatment technology for those wastes. Therefore the document survey has been performed about volume reduction and solidification technologies that have domestic or foreign experiences of practical treatment for radioactive wastes to assist selection of suitable treatment of the wastes. This report shows the arranged results. The 1F wastes are classified into two groups, homogeneous particulate and liquid wastes and heterogeneous solid wastes. The needful items for the feasibility study such as a technology name, a fundamental principle, treatment efficiency, and characteristic of solidified waste are summarized in each group.

Development of electrochemical hydrogen pump under vacuum condition for a compact tritium gas cycling system

Kato, Mineo; Ito, Takeshi*; Sugai, Hiroyuki; Kawamura, Yoshinori; Hayashi, Takumi; Nishi, Masataka; Tanase, Masakazu; Matsuzaki, Teiichiro*; Ishida, Katsuhiko*; Nagamine, Kanetada*

Fusion Science and Technology, 41(3), p.859 - 862, 2002/05

JAERI has a plane to develop a compact tritium gas recycling system for fusion research. This system is also very attractive for the muon-catalyzed fusion (CF) research at RIKEN-RAL Muon Facility in UK. For the research, JAERI has produced high purity tritium gas of 1,500 Ci and transported it to the Facility. In the CF experiments, the tritium gas was diluted by the deuterium in an optional concentration and the used tritium gas was carried back by the tritium transport container developed to JAERI. If it is possible to recycle the diluted tritium gas, i.e., the used tritium gas is enriched in the experimental site, the CF experiments should be conducted efficiently. rom the above point of view, in this paper, we propose the compact tritium gas recycling system based on the gas chromatography that has already developed in JAERI and a proton conductor.

Mechanisms and kinetics of the post-spinel transformation in MgSiO

Kubo, Tomoaki*; Otani, Eiji*; Kato, Takumi*; Urakawa, Satoru*; Suzuki, Akio*; Kambe, Yuichi*; Funakoshi, Kenichi*; Utsumi, Wataru; Kikegawa, Takumi*; Fujino, Kiyoshi*

Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 129(1-2), p.153 - 171, 2002/01

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9201(01)00270-9

no abstracts in English

The Effect of temperature, pressure, and sulfur content on viscosity of the Fe-FeS melt

Terasaki, Hidenori*; Kato, Takumi*; Urakawa, Satoru*; Funakoshi, Kenichi*; Suzuki, Akio*; Okada, Taku; Maeda, Makoto*; Sato, Jin*; Kubo, Tomoaki*; Kasai, Shizu*

Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 190(1-2), p.93 - 101, 2001/07

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-821X(01)00374-0

The Fe-FeS melt is thought to be the major candidate of the outer core material. Its viscosity is one of the most important physical properties to study the dynamics of the convection in the outer core. We performed the in situ viscosity measurement of the Fe-FeS melt under high pressure using X-ray radiography falling sphere method with a novel sample assembly. Viscosity was measures in the temperature, pressure, and compositional conditions of 1233-1923 K, 1.5-6.9 GPa, and Fe-Fe S (wt %), respectively. The viscosity coefficients obtained by 17 measurements change systematically in the range of 0.008-0.036 Pa s. An activation energy of the viscous flow, 30 kJ/mol, and the activation volume, 1.5 cm /mol, are determined as the temperature and pressure dependence, and the viscosity of the Fe S melt is found to be smaller than that of the Fe melt by 15 %. These tendencies can be well correlated with the structural variation of the Fe-FeS melt.

Conceptual design study and related R&Ds toward the demonstration reactor of JSFR, 5; Development of steel plate reinforced concrete containment vessel for JSFR

Kato, Atsushi; Negishi, Kazuo; Sato, Kenichiro*; Akiyama, Yo*; Hara, Hiroyuki*; Iwasaki, Mikinori*; Abe, Ganji*; Tokiyoshi, Takumi*; Okafuji, Takashi*; Umeki, Katsuhiko*; et al.

no journal, , 

Report research and development activities related to steel plate reinforced concrete containment vessel for the JSFR conducted as a part of METI commissioned research.

Elucidation of microbial reduction of permanganate

Kato, Tomoaki*; Onuki, Toshihiko; Saito, Takumi; Yu, Q.

no journal, , 

We investigated the bioreduction of MnO ion. It is revealed that Mn(VII) was reduced by microorganisms to Mn(IV). The Mn(IV) was then reduced to Mn(III, II) in the presence of high concentration of the cells.

Sorption of Co to biogenic Mn oxides produced by MnO reduction

Kato, Tomoaki; Onuki, Toshihiko; Saito, Takumi; Yu, Q.

no journal, , 

Sorption of divalent Co was studied during Mn oxides formation on microbial surface. Permanganate was reduced on the cell surface to form tetravalent Mn oxides. XANES analysis revealed that divalent Co was oxidized to trivalent one during the accumulation to Mn oxides. These results indicate that sorption mechanism of divalent Co by biogenic Mn oxides accompanying oxidative precipitation.

Sorption of Co on Mn oxides produced by MnO reduction using biomass

Kato, Tomoaki; Onuki, Toshihiko; Saito, Takumi*; Yu, Q.

no journal, , 

In order to remediate radioactive Co in aqueous solution, biomass Mn oxides is tested to accumulate Co. Amount of the accumulated Co was higher in equivalent ratio than Zn. This is resulted from the oxidative sorption of Co; to Co.