FERROROTATIVE TRANSITION IN ANTIFLUORITE CRYSTAL K2OSCL6

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作者
ARMSTRONG, RL [1 ]
MINTZ, D [1 ]
POWELL, BM [1 ]
BUYERS, WJL [1 ]
机构
[1] ATOM ENERGY CANADA LTD,CHALK RIVER NUCL LABS,CHALK RIVER K0J 1J0,ONTARIO,CANADA
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PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 1978年 / 17卷 / 03期
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10.1103/PhysRevB.17.1260
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T [工业技术];
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08 ;
摘要
The structural phase transition in potassium hexachloro-osmate (K2OsCl6) has been investigated at the NRU reactor, Chalk River, by elastic neutron-scattering methods. The observed change in the crystal structure in passing through Tc indicates that the OsCl6 octahedra undergo a collective ferrorotation. The data are consistent with both a displacive and an order-disorder model. The transition occurs at Tc=44.5±0.4 K and is continuous, with a critical exponent β=0.35±0.06 characteristic of three-dimensional phase transitions. © 1978 The American Physical Society.
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页数:6
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