Isotope Effect on The Electronic Structure of Hydrogen in Metals

The effect of the isotopic mass on the redistribution of electron charge and spin density around a light impurity such as hydrogen in metals has been studied. Considered in this review are: (a) the magnetic hyperfine coupling to the hydrogen nucleus and the effect of isotopic mass, (b) the isotope effect in hydrogen impurity resistivity, (c) the reverse isotope effect in superconducting PdH(D) and (d) the thermally induced detrapping of hydrogen from the vicinity of solute sites in metallic hosts.