Weakened oxygen adsorbing the Pt-O bond of the Pt catalyst induced by vacancy introduction into carbon support

岡崎 宏之*; 出崎 亮*; 越川 博*; 松村 大樹; 池田 隆司*; 山本 春也*; 八巻 徹也*

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127(49), p.23628 - 23633, 2023/12

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c04117

The change in the oxygen adsorption states of Pt nanoparticles by ion irradiation of the carbon support is studied by in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy measurements. The difference spectra around a Pt L edge due to oxygen adsorption are recorded, and a lowering in the Pt-O antibonding level by the ion irradiation is observed, thus resulting in a weakening of the Pt-O bond. This indicates that the introduction of vacancies in the carbon support would result in weak Pt-O bonds assumable through the stronger Pt-C interaction, which is considered to enhance the oxygen reduction reaction activity of the deposited Pt nanoparticles. Theoretical studies have demonstrated that the vacancies affect Pt through the Pt-C interaction and then result in the weakening of the Pt-O bond.

Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors

大島 宏之; 森下 正樹*; 相澤 康介; 安藤 勝訓; 芦田 貴志; 近澤 佳隆; 堂田 哲広; 江沼 康弘; 江連 俊樹; 深野 義隆; et al.

Sodium-cooled Fast Reactors; JSME Series in Thermal and Nuclear Power Generation, Vol.3, 631 Pages, 2022/07

https://shop.elsevier.com/books/sodium-cooled-fast-reactors/morishita/978-0-12-824076-2

ナトリウム冷却高速炉(SFR: Sodium-cooled Fast Reactor)の歴史や、利点、課題を踏まえた安全性、設計、運用、メンテナンスなどについて解説する。AIを利用した設計手法など、SFRの実用化に向けた設計や研究開発についても述べる。

グローブボックス窓板用火災対策シートの開発

川崎 浩平; 品田 健太; 岡本 成利; 影山 十三男; 江田 考志; 岡崎 日路; 鈴木 弘道; 山本 和也; 小田部 隼

JAEA-Technology 2020-025, 80 Pages, 2021/03

JAEA-Technology-2020-025.pdf:3.72MB

プルトニウム燃料第三開発室は、高速実験炉「常陽」及び高速増殖原型炉「もんじゅ」のMOX燃料製造を目的に昭和63年に運転を開始した施設であり、非密封の核燃料物質を大量に取り扱う大型のグローブボックスが設置された。これらのグローブボックス窓板には「使用施設等の位置、構造及び設備の基準に関する規則」の施行(平成25年12月)以降に設置するものを除き、アクリル(可燃性)が用いられている。グローブボックス内の火災に対しては、建設当初からハロゲン化物消火設備による自動消火システムを導入しているが、グローブボックスの外側からの火災に対して、アクリルの直接的な対策が課題であった。そのため、可能な限りグローブボックスの外側からの火災に対するグローブボックス窓板への影響を軽減する火災対策シートを開発、最終的には難燃性のシートを実装した。開発の着眼点は、不燃又は難燃シートに粘着材を塗布した複合材で不燃又は難燃性を有していること。また、使用環境(核燃料物質からのガンマ線、蛍光灯からの紫外線)で劣化が著しくないこと、グローブ作業での作業員の視認性を確保できる透明なシートであること等とした。これらの火災対策シートを貼り付けたアクリル板の火災損傷防止試験及び火災対策シートを用いた使用環境影響試験を行い、良好な結果を得た。一方、火災対策シートの貼り付け作業等における外部被ばくを低減する観点から、プルトニウム燃料技術開発センター内にワーキンググループを立ち上げ、施工試験等で効率的な施工を実現する方法を検討・試行し、作業の標準化を図り、基本手順書にまとめた。本報告書は、グローブボックス窓板用火災対策シートに係る火災損傷防止試験及び使用環境影響試験と、施工性試験等を通じて得られた知見を取りまとめたものである。

Effect of solute carbon on the characteristic hardening of steel at high temperature

古賀 紀光*; 梅澤 修*; 山本 正之*; 山本 卓*; 山下 享介; 諸岡 聡; 川崎 卓郎; Harjo, S.

Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 52(3), p.897 - 901, 2021/03

https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-020-06113-4

Small ball rebound hardness tests demonstrated characteristic hardening at 700 K in the ultra-low carbon and pearlitic steels. The equilibrium phase diagram of Fe-C binary alloy calculated using Thermo-Calc exhibited dissolving of cementite above 700 K. Moreover, in-situ heating neutron diffraction measurement demonstrated the increase of lattice parameter by dissolving of cementite above 700 K. Therefore, it can be concluded that the characteristic hardening above 700 K can be attributed to the solid solute carbon.

Development and application of a He neutron spin filter at J-PARC

奥平 琢也; 奥 隆之; 猪野 隆*; 林田 洋寿*; 吉良 弘*; 酒井 健二; 廣井 孝介; 高橋 慎吾*; 相澤 一也; 遠藤 仁*; et al.

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 977, p.164301_1 - 164301_8, 2020/10

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nima.2020.164301

We are developing a neutron polarizer with polarized He gas, referred to as a He spin filter, based on the Spin Exchange Optical Pumping (SEOP) for polarized neutron scattering experiments at Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) of Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex (J-PARC). A He gas-filling station was constructed at J-PARC, and several He cells with long spin relaxation times have been fabricated using the gas-filling station. A laboratory has been prepared in the MLF beam hall for polarizing He cells, and compact pumping systems with laser powers of 30 W and 110 W, which can be installed onto a neutron beamline, have been developed. A He polarization of 85% was achieved at a neutron beamline by using the pumping system with the 110 W laser. Recently, the first user experiment utilizing the He spin filter was conducted, and there have been several more since then. The development and utilization of He spin filters at MLF of J-PARC are reported.

Structural characterization and magnetic behavior of uranium compound UPtAl

芳賀 芳範; 菅井 孝志*; 松本 裕司*; 山本 悦嗣

JPS Conference Proceedings (Internet), 29, p.013003_1 - 013003_5, 2020/02

https://doi.org/10.7566/JPSCP.29.013003

Crystal structure and magnetic property of UPtAl is investigated. A single crystal X-ray diffraction experiment identified the hexagonal unit cell with a disordered structure in the uranium containing layer. A series of superstructure reflections were found. They are successfully indexed as (/3 /3 0), however, with a streak along the direction. A layered structure model containing honeycomb arrangement of uranium atoms is proposed. Preliminary magnetization measurements on a polycrystalline sample are also presented.

Experimental study on local interfacial parameters in upward air-water bubbly flow in a vertical 66 rod bundle

Han, X.*; Shen, X.*; 山本 俊弘*; 中島 健*; 孫 昊旻; 日引 俊*

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer, 144, p.118696_1 - 118696_19, 2019/12

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheatmasstransfer.2019.118696

This paper presents a database of local flow parameters for upward adiabatic air-water two-phase flows in a vertical 66 rod bundle flow channel. The local void fraction, interfacial area concentration (IAC), bubble diameter and bubble velocity vector were measured by using a four-sensor optical probe. Based on an existing state-of-the-art four-sensor probe methodology with the characteristic to count small bubbles, IAC in this study was derived more reliably than those in the existing studies. In addition, bubble velocity vector could be measured by the methodology. Based on this database, flow characteristics were investigated. The area-averaged void fraction and IAC were compared with the predictions from the drift-flux model and the IAC correlations, respectively. The applicability of those to the rod bundle flow channel was evaluated.

New precise measurements of muonium hyperfine structure at J-PARC MUSE

Strasser, P.*; 阿部 充志*; 青木 正治*; Choi, S.*; 深尾 祥紀*; 東 芳隆*; 樋口 嵩*; 飯沼 裕美*; 池戸 豊*; 石田 勝彦*; et al.

EPJ Web of Conferences, 198, p.00003_1 - 00003_8, 2019/01

https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201919800003

High precision measurements of the ground state hyperfine structure (HFS) of muonium is a stringent tool for testing bound-state quantum electrodynamics (QED) theory, determining fundamental constants of the muon magnetic moment and mass, and searches for new physics. Muonium is the most suitable system to test QED because both theoretical and experimental values can be precisely determined. Previous measurements were performed decades ago at LAMPF with uncertainties mostly dominated by statistical errors. At the J-PARC Muon Science Facility (MUSE), the MuSEUM collaboration is planning complementary measurements of muonium HFS both at zero and high magnetic field. The new high-intensity muon beam that will soon be available at H-Line will provide an opportunity to improve the precision of these measurements by one order of magnitude. An overview of the different aspects of these new muonium HFS measurements, the current status of the preparation for high-field measurements, and the latest results at zero field are presented.

Structure analysis and derivation of deformed electron density distribution of polydiacetylene giant single crystal by the combination of X-ray and neutron diffraction data

田代 孝二*; 日下 勝弘*; 細谷 孝明*; 大原 高志; 塙坂 真*; 吉澤 功徳*; 山元 博子*; 新村 信雄*; 田中 伊知朗*; 栗原 和男*; et al.

Macromolecules, 51(11), p.3911 - 3922, 2018/06

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.macromol.8b00650

The crystal structure of polydiacetylene giant single crystal has been analyzed on the basis of the two different methods of wide-angle neutron diffraction and X-ray diffraction. The X-ray result gives us the total electron density distribution. The neutron result tells the positions of atomic nuclei. As a result, the so-called bonded (or deformed) electron density, i.e., the electron density distribution due to the conjugation among the covalently bonded atoms along the polymer chain, can be estimated using the two information. The present report is the first example of the application of X-N method to the synthetic polymer species.

New precise measurement of muonium hyperfine structure interval at J-PARC

上野 恭裕*; 青木 正治*; 深尾 祥紀*; 東 芳隆*; 樋口 嵩*; 飯沼 裕美*; 池戸 豊*; 石田 勝彦*; 伊藤 孝; 岩崎 雅彦*; et al.

Hyperfine Interactions, 238(1), p.14_1 - 14_6, 2017/11

https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-016-1381-7

MuSEUM is an international collaboration aiming at a new precise measurement of the muonium hyperfine structure at J-PARC (Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex). Utilizing its intense pulsed muon beam, we expect a ten-fold improvement for both measurements at high magnetic field and zero magnetic field. We have developed a sophisticated monitoring system, including a beam profile monitor to measure the 3D distribution of muonium atoms to suppress the systematic uncertainty.