title: Note: Experiments in hard x-ray chemistry: in situ production of molecular hydrogen and x-ray induced combustion.
abstract: We have successfully loaded H(2) into a diamond anvil cell at high pressure using the synchrotron x-ray induced decomposition of NH(3)BH(3). In a second set of studies, radiation-assisted release of O(2) from KCLO(3), H(2) release from NH(3)BH(3), and reaction of these gases in a mixture of the reactants to form liquid water using x-rays at ambient conditions was observed. Similar observations were made using a KCLO(3) and NaBH(4) mixture. Depending on reaction conditions, an explosive or far slower reaction producing water was observed.
authors.affiliation: High Pressure Science and Engineering Center and Department of Physics, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-4002, USA. pravica@physics.unlv.edu
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pravica
authors.forename: Ligang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bai
authors.forename: Changyong
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galley
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hatchett