DIFFUSION OF HYDROGEN FLUORIDE IN SOLID PARAHYDROGEN.
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2012
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Ohio State University
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In general, atoms and molecules diffuse thermally in solid with rate which has Arrhenius-type temperature dependence. On the other hand, it is known that diffusion rate at low temperature sometimes shows non-Arrhenius behavior, which is called gquantum diffusionh. We have studied hydrogen fluoride (HF) in solid parahydrogen ($p$-H$_2$) by FTIR absorption spectroscopy and found that HF diffuses in solid $p$-H$_2$ even at 3.6 K. In this study, dependence of the rate on temperature, HF concentration and IR irradiation was investigated. Assuming Arrhenius-type dependence, activation energy of the diffusion is less than a few Kelvin, which suggests that the diffusion has the quantum nature. Recent experimental results and a possible mechanism of the diffusion will be discussed.
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Author Institution: Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka Okayama 700-8530,Japan; Research Core for Extreme Quantum World, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka Okayama 700-8530,Japan; Faculty of Science, Okayama University, 3-1-1 Tsushima-naka Okayama 700-8530,Japan