I would bet, if you could grow single crystal Pd ( in a NH3 atmosphere), it would load quickly. And if you modulate it with a 26 Mhz signal (lambda = unit cell length), you could have controlled CF.
Or not. Terry On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 7:04 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: > Pd is FCC at 389 pm. Pd atom radius is 137 pm (interesting number > :-). This leaves 115 pm which allows the 102 pm NH3 molecule ideal > for structuring but is challenging for the 188 pm Ar. > > I'm gonna sleep on this. > > BTW, what is the Van der Waals radius of deuterium? (too lazy to look > it up now.) > > Terry > > On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 6:43 PM, Terry Blanton <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2009 at 5:39 PM, Jed Rothwell <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Terry Blanton wrote: >>> >>> Has there been any progress on the Matthey Pd? >>> >>> As far as I know they stopped working on it after the IMRA project in France >>> collapsed. >> >> Considering Abd's goals, this gives us a lot to think about. Ammonia >> vs Argon for crystallization could very well be the key. It's kind of >> like a spacer used in the construction of the structure. It likely >> results in different containment figures for the interstitial >> deuterium. >> >> Reading the testimony before Congress in 1989 combined with this >> information could be quite telling. I think this is a geometry >> problem. >> >> Thanks, Jed. >> >> Terry >> >
