The stochastic nature of phase transformations in a Pd–Ni alloy after electrolytic hydrogenation

Abstract

The results of an X-ray diffractometry study of an initially deformed single-phase Pd–25.2 at % Ni alloy sample that were carried out during 460 hours after electrolytic hydrogenation of the sample are presented. Long-term stochastic processes of transformation of the shape of diffraction peaks were found, despite the absence of the hydrogen-rich β-phase in the sample.