Nonlinear, Self-Consistent Theory of Proton Screening in Metals Applied to Hydrogen in Al and Mg
- 4 November 1974
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 33 (19), 1164-1167
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.33.1164
Abstract
The density-functional formalism has been used to treat self-consistently the nonlinear screening of a proton in an electron gas. The results have been used to calculate activation energies for diffusion of hydrogen in Al and Mg. The theory is in good agreement with experimental results which are only available for Al. Hydrogen-vacancy trapping has also been investigated and was found to be a distinct possibility in the case of Al.Keywords
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