Urea and deuterium mixtures at high pressures

M. Donnelly*, C. L. Bull, R. J. Husband, A. D. Frantzana, S. Klotz, J. S. Loveday

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Abstract / Description of output

Urea, like many network forming compounds, has long been known to form inclusion (guest-host) compounds. Unlike other network formers like water, urea is not known to form such inclusion compounds with simple molecules like hydrogen. Such compounds if they existed would be of interest both for the fundamental insight they provide into molecular bonding and as potential gas storage systems. Urea has been proposed as a potential hydrogen storage material [T. A. Strobel et al., Chem. Phys. Lett. 478, 97 (2009)]. Here, we report the results of high-pressure neutron diffraction studies of urea and D-2 mixtures that indicate no inclusion compound forms up to 3.7 GPa. (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC.

Original languageEnglish
Article number124503
Number of pages4
JournalThe Journal of Chemical Physics
Volume142
Issue number12
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Mar 2015

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • NEUTRON
  • SCATTERING
  • CO2

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