title: An empirical dependence of frequency in the oscillatory sorption of H2 and D2 in Pd on the first ionization potential of noble gases.
abstract: Oscillatory heat evolution in sorption of H(2) and D(2) in Pd can be induced by an admixture of ~10 vol.% of an inert gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, or N(2)) to either isotope prior to its contact with palladium powder. The oscillations are represented in the form of a calorimetric time series, recorded using a gas flow-through microcalorimeter at the temperatures of 75 °C for D(2) and 106 °C for H(2). For both D(2) and H(2), the oscillation parameters change as a function of the kind of inert gas used: the amplitude increases and the frequency decreases in passing from He to Kr. An empirical dependence of the oscillation frequencies observed for various admixtures and normalized with respect to Kr has been found. Accordingly, the frequency is a function of a product of the first ionization potential and the square root of atomic mass of the inert gas (He, Ne, Ar, Kr, or N(2)). On the other hand, invariance of the thermal effects of sorption is evident from the integrated areas under the calorimetric time series yielding the molar heats of sorption conserved, irrespective of the inert gas admixture. A novel calibration procedure has been devised in order to deal with an instability of calibration factor arising in desorption of H(2) and D(2) from Pd. A method of dynamic calibration factor made it possible to obtain a good agreement between the heats of sorption and desorption of both H(2) and D(2) within individual sorption-desorption cycles for all inert gas admixtures.
authors.affiliation: Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, Polish Academy of Science, ul. Niezapominajek 8, Krakow 30-239, Poland. nclalik@cyf-kr.edu.pl
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lalik