Room-temperature metal-hydride discharge source, with observations on NiH and FeH

Raphaël Vallon; Stephen Ashworth; Patrick Crozet; Robert W. Field; Damien Forthomme; Heather Harker; Cyril Richard; Amanda J. Ross

doi:10.1021/jp9033968

Room-temperature metal-hydride discharge source, with observations on NiH and FeH

Raphaël Vallon, Stephen Ashworth, Patrick Crozet, Robert W. Field, Damien Forthomme, Heather Harker, Cyril Richard, Amanda J. Ross

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Abstract

A metal sputtering source suitable for laboratory production of metal hydrides is described. Sputtering from pure nickel or iron in an Ar/H2 discharge is analyzed at low resolution. High resolution laser excitation and dispersed fluorescence spectra of NiH have also been recorded. The source has been designed to operate with a ferromagnetic circuit for Zeeman spectroscopy. Signals from the source are strong enough to record dispersed fluorescence from NiH by Fourier transform interferometry in magnetic fields up to 1 T. We establish that FeH can also be formed in this source.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	13159-13166
Number of pages	8
Journal	The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Volume	113
Issue number	47
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/jp9033968
Publication status	Published - 2009

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Room-temperature metal-hydride discharge source, with observations on NiH and FeH. / Vallon, Raphaël; Ashworth, Stephen; Crozet, Patrick; Field, Robert W.; Forthomme, Damien; Harker, Heather; Richard, Cyril; Ross, Amanda J.

In: The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 113, No. 47, 2009, p. 13159-13166.

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