July 2026

Conference Paper

Neutron imaging of hydrogenous gases in porous-carbon materials around phase transitions

By:
Ossler, Frederik; Finney, Charles E; Santodonato, Louis J; Bilheux, Jean C; Bilheux, Hassina ; Armitage, Douglas P; Mills, Rebecca A; Zhang, Yuxuan ; Daemen, Luc
Page Number:
308-316
Book Title:
Proceedings of the 12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography
Publication Date:
July 2, 2026
Publisher Location:
Springer, Cham, Switzerland
Conference Name:
12th World Conference on Neutron Radiography (WCNR 2024)
Conference Location:
Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States of America
Conference Sponsor:
International Society for Neutron Radiography (ISNR)
View DOI Listing:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-15003-5_35

Abstract

Focus herein is on hydrogenous gases interacting with porous-carbon materials on activated biochar at pressures ranging from 0 to 100 bar and temperatures from room (ambient) to cryogenic. Neutron radiography was conducted using a custom-made cell system to simultaneously image pure gas and gas interacting with the porous carbon. From neutron attenuation, the cross sections of methane and ethane and number concentrations were determined for different pressures and temperatures and compared with corresponding reference data. Sorption properties of the porous materials were investigated in situ with methane, ethane, and propane.