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Stability of the equilibrium for atomic H in solid H2The previously reported phenomenological rate process theory for the storage of atomic hydrogen free radicals in a tritium-impregnated crystalline molecular hydrogen solid is used to determine the dynamical stability of the constant uniform equilibrium solution. The analysis indicates that the equilibrium is unstable (thus, unattainable experimentally) for storage temperatures in a certain range (specifically between 0.134 and 0.80 K for 0.03% tritium by weight, and between 0.165 and 0.80 K for 1.20% tritium by weight), while being absolutely stable with respect to arbitrary small-amplitude perturbations for all storage temperatures below and above this range. The theory also predicts the maximum size for a stable H/H2 sample with an appreciable concentration of trapped H and a net excess rate of volumetric heating due to the tritium decay.
Document ID
19770055532
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Rosen, G.
(Drexel University Philadelphia, Pa., United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
June 15, 1977
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume: 66
Subject Category
Atomic And Molecular Physics
Accession Number
77A38384
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSG-3090
Distribution Limits
Public
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