Y. Sakamoto et I. Takashima, HYSTERESIS BEHAVIOR OF ELECTRICAL-RESISTANCE OF THE PD-H SYSTEM MEASURED BY A GAS-PHASE METHOD, Journal of physics. Condensed matter, 8(49), 1996, pp. 10511-10520
The hysteresis behaviour of electrical resistance during the absorptio
n-desorption processes in the alpha-, (alpha + beta)- and beta-phase r
egions of the Pd-H system, respectively, have been investigated at 323
K by a gas-phase method. A small extent of hysteresis in relative ele
ctrical resistance R/R(0) over the cyclic absorption-desorption proces
ses in the alpha single-phase region has been observed, showing slight
ly larger R/R(0)-values for desorption processes than for absorption p
rocesses, where R(0) is the initial resistance of a hydrogen-free samp
le. In cyclic desorption-absorption sews commencing from the absorptio
n branch of p-c isotherms in the alpha + beta two-phase plateau region
, similar hysteresis loops to those of p-c isotherms have been observe
d for plots of R/R(0) versus [H]/[Pd]. On the other hand, for cyclic d
esorption-absorption scans starting from absorption pressures, corresp
onding to hydrogen concentrations near the beta(min)-phase boundary co
mposition, R/R(0)-values do not return to those of desorption plateau
in the alpha + beta two-phase region. Values of relative resistance ov
er subsequent desorptions from absorption pressures with pH(2) > 4.7 x
10(-2) MPa decrease gradually with decreasing H content down to beta(
min)-phase boundary compositions and exhibit almost the same values as
those observed for the absorption processes and, on entering the alph
a + beta two-phase region, the R/R(0)-values remain almost constant wi
th decreasing [H]/[Pd], i.e. at (R/R(0))((alpha+beta)) similar or equa
l to 1.73 at 323 K. The large hysteresis of resistance relationships c
an be attributed to creations of lattice strains accompanied by disloc
ation formation arising from alpha --> beta-phase hydride transitions
and by further highly dissolved hydrogen in the beta-phase region.