Relaxation of ytterbium in palladium

Relaxation of ytterbium in palladium

Iterations of ytterbium.

Although ytterbium was named by the Swiss chemist Jean de Marignac in 1878, his ‘element’ was subsequently split into two in 1905: ytterbium and lutetium. The atomic weight of the ‘new’ ytterbium was later published in 1907 — so when was ytterbium actually discovered? The story begins on 13 June 1726, more than 150 years before it first received its name. On that date an agreement was signed al...

Importance of direct Coulomb d-f interaction in the relaxation of 170Yb3+ in palladium

2014 The relaxation rate of the ground state 03937 of ytterbium in palladium is computed with the d-f interaction hamiltonian introduced in reference [1]. In addition to the exchange d-f interaction considered in reference [1], we now include the direct Coulomb interaction between 4f electrons and d-like conduction electrons. It is found that the agreement with experiment for the « acceleration...

Synthesis of nanostructured palladium, palladium oxide and palladium-palladium oxide nanocomposite by the gel combustion method and application as catalyst of hydrogen release

This paper presents a new gel combustion method to synthesize palladium nanoparticles, palladium oxide (PdO) nanoparticles and palladium-palladium oxide nanocomposites. In the proposed method, there are some effective parameters including palladium chloride concentration, polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) concentration, acid concentration, solvent composition and combustion temperature that their values ...

Amplification in Ytterbium-doped fibers

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