We have measured the H-H and O-H correlations within nickel-substituted amorphous Nafion membrane using a novel combination of small-and wide-angle neutron scattering. Diffraction patterns were measured over a momentum transfer range of 0.03-20 A'1 for three isotopic water mixtures. From the partial structure factors atom-atom radial distribution functions for H-H and O-H from 1 to 100 A were obtained by Fourier inversion. The local water structure is similar to that of bulk water. On a larger scale atom-atom correlations show that the average radius of aqueous domains is 18.5 A with a mean separation of 70 A. The shapes of the atom-atom radial distribution functions are consistent with the water being located in a continuous network.
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