Concurrent neutron imaging and diffraction analysis revealing spatial lithiation phase evolution in an ultra-thick graphite electrode

Strobl, M.*; Baur, M. E.*; Samothrakitis, S.*; Molamud, F.*; Zhang, X.*; Tung, P. K. M.*; Schmidt, S.*; Woracek, R.*; Lee, J.*; Kiyanagi, Ryoji; et al.

Advanced Energy Materials, 15(20), p.2405238_1 - 2405238_9, 2025/05

https://doi.org/10.1002/aenm.202405238

Excitation spectrum and spin Hamiltonian of the frustrated quantum Ising magnet PrBWO

Nagl, J.*; Flavin, D.*; Hayashida, S.*; Povarov, K. Y.*; Yan, M.*; Murai, Naoki; Kawamura, Seiko; Simutis, F.*; Hicken, T. J.*; Luetkens, H.*; et al.

Physical Review Research (Internet), 6(2), p.023267_1 - 023267_18, 2024/06

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.6.023267

Chemical characterization of a volatile dubnium compound, DbOCl

Chiera, N. M.*; Sato, Tetsuya; Eichler, R.*; Tomitsuka, Tomohiro; Asai, Masato; Adachi, Sadia*; Dressler, R.*; Hirose, Kentaro; Inoue, Hiroki*; Ito, Yuta; et al.

Angewandte Chemie; International Edition, 60(33), p.17871 - 17874, 2021/08

https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202102808

The formation and the chemical characterization of single atoms of dubnium (Db, element 105), in the form of its volatile oxychloride, was investigated using the on-line gas phase chromatography technique, in the temperature range 350 - 600 C. Under the exact same chemical conditions, comparative studies with the lighter homologs of group-5 in the Periodic Table clearly indicate the volatility sequence being NbOCl TaOCl DbOCl. From the obtained experimental results, thermochemical data for DbOCl were derived. The present study delivers reliable experimental information for theoretical calculations on the chemical properties of transactinides.

Probing the quantum phase transition in Mott insulator BaCoS tuned by pressure and Ni substitution

Guguchia, Z.*; Frandsen, B. A.*; Santos-Cottin, D.*; Shamoto, Shinichi; Gauzzi, A.*; Uemura, Yasutomo*; 12 of others*

Physical Review Materials (Internet), 3(4), p.045001_1 - 045001_9, 2019/04

https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.045001

We have studied the Mott transition of BaCoS by pressure and Ni substitution using SR, and examined the appearance of the quantum phase transition. The results show that both quantum phase transitions are first-order transitions at zero temperature.

Vacuum chromatography of Tl on SiO at the single-atom level

Steinegger, P.*; Asai, Masato; Dressler, R.*; Eichler, R.*; Kaneya, Yusuke*; Mitsukai, Akina*; Nagame, Yuichiro; Piguet, D.*; Sato, Tetsuya; Schdel, M.; et al.

Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(13), p.7122 - 7132, 2016/04

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b12033

A new experimental method "vacuum chromatography" has been developed to measure adsorption enthalpy of superheavy elements, and its feasibility has been examined using short-lived thallium isotopes. The short-lived thallium isotopes were produced at the JAEA tandem accelerator. The thallium ion beam prepared with an on-line isotope separator which ionized and mass-separated the thallium isotopes was injected into an isothermal vacuum chromatography apparatus. A temperature-dependent adsorption property of thallium atom on SiO surface were measured. The adsorption enthalpy of thallium was determined to be 158 kJ/mol. The thallium is a homolog of element 113. Thus, the vacuum chromatography developed in this study enables us to perform chemical experiments for short-lived superheavy elements with half-lives of a order of one second.

IAEA benchmark calculations on control rod withdrawal test performed during Phenix End-of-Life experiments; JAEA's calculation results

Takano, Kazuya; Mori, Tetsuya; Kishimoto, Yasufumi; Hazama, Taira

Proceedings of International Conference on the Physics of Reactors; The Role of Reactor Physics toward a Sustainable Future (PHYSOR 2014) (CD-ROM), 13 Pages, 2014/09

This paper describes details of the IAEA/CRP benchmark calculation by JAEA on the control rod withdrawal test in the Phenix End-of-Life Experiments. The power distribution deviation by the control rod insertion/withdrawal, which is the major target of the benchmark, is well simulated by calculation. In addition to the CRP activities, neutron and photon transport effect is evaluated in the nuclear heating calculation of the benchmark analysis. It is confirmed that the neutron and photon transport effect contributes to the improvement of the absolute power calculation results in the breeder blanket region.

Benchmark calculations on control rod withdrawal tests performed during Phenix End-of-Life experiments

Pascal, V.*; Prulhire, G.*; Fontaine, B.*; Devan, K.*; Chellapandi, P.*; Kriventsev, V.*; Monti, S.*; Mikityuk, K.*; Semenov, M.*; Taiwo, T.*; et al.

Proceedings of 2013 International Congress on Advances in Nuclear Power Plants (ICAPP 2013) (USB Flash Drive), 11 Pages, 2013/04

The control rod withdrawal test was one of the various Phenix End-of-Life tests performed in 2009. The main goal was to determine the impact of a rod insertion and/or extraction on the radial power distribution in the fissile core at nominal power. The framework of the Technical Working Group on Fast Reactors (TWG-FR) activities in IAEA, decided to launch a Coordinated Research Project (CRP), devoted to benchmarking analyses on the test. The CRP was performed by experts coming from CEA, ANL, IGCAR, IPPE, IRSN, JAEA, KIT and PSI. After a short description of the test conducted in the Phenix reactor, this paper presents some results obtained in the course of the CRP with special emphasis on control rod efficiencies and power deformation by subassemblies. The paper also discusses the discrepancies found when comparing calculated results with experimental data as well as some preliminary conclusions on the source of these discrepancies.

Radium uptake during barite recrystallization at 23 2C as a function of solution composition; An Experimental Ba and Ra tracer study

Curti, E.*; Fujiwara, Kenso; Iijima, Kazuki; Tits, J.*; Cuesta, C.*; Kitamura, Akira; Glaus, M. A.*; Mller, W.*

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(12), p.3553 - 3570, 2010/06

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2010.03.018

Uptake tests with Ba and Ra sorption experiments were carried out under the T, p and pH conditions and with the same aqueous solutions on barite suspensions. The Ba tests served to determine recrystallization rates, from which the amounts of barite recrystallized as a function of reaction time could be determined. They also showed that recrystallization was almost complete at the end of the experiments and that tracer distribution was homogeneous in the crystals, implying full thermodynamic equilibrium between solid and aqueous solution. With this information, it was possible to evaluate the Ra uptake experiments in terms of solid solution thermodynamics.

Magnetization dynamics in the normal and superconducting phases of UPdAl, 1; Surveys in reciprocal space using neutron inelastic scattering

Hiess, A.*; Bernhoeft, N.*; Metoki, Naoto; Lander, G.*; Roessli, B.*; Sato, Noriaki*; Aso, Naofumi*; Haga, Yoshinori; Koike, Yoshihiro*; Komatsubara, Takemi*; et al.

Journal of Physics; Condensed Matter, 18(27), p.R437 - R451, 2006/07

https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/18/27/r01

This topical review presents results from neutron inelastic scattering experiments on single crystals of UPdAl. We present a detailed and complete characterization of the wave vector- and energy-dependent magnetization dynamics in UPdAl as measured by neutron inelastic scattering primarily in the form of extensive surveys in energy-momentum space under a wide range of experimental conditions, and put our observations in context with data that has been published previously by two independent groups. This study yields unique insight into the low-temperature ground state, which exhibits a microscopic coexistence of antiferromagnetism and superconductivity, makingUPdAl one of the most accessible heavy-fermion superconductors that can be fully characterized by neutron spectroscopy.

NMR study of triangular Kondo lattice

Sakai, Hironori

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