PRESSURE-INDUCED METASTABLE AMORPHIZATION OF BAS - EVIDENCE FOR A KINETICALLY FRUSTRATED PHASE-TRANSFORMATION

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GREENE, RG [1 ]
LUO, H [1 ]
RUOFF, AL [1 ]
TRAIL, SS [1 ]
DISALVO, FJ [1 ]
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[1] CORNELL UNIV,DEPT CHEM,ITHACA,NY 14853
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.2476
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O4 [物理学];
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A transformation from the zinc blende (zb) to an amorphous crystal structure was observed at 125 GPa, just slightly above the calculated equilibrium transition pressure to the rock salt phase [Phys. Rev. B 36, 6058 (1987)]. This is the first evidence that pressure induced amorphization in AB compounds is a kinetically frustrated process. The amorphous state persisted on further loading to 165 GPa, and throughout down-loading to 0 GPa. The Birch coefficients of the equation of state for the zb phase were determined to be B-0 = 148 +/- 6 GPa and B'(0) = 3.9 +/- 0.3, in good agreement with theoretical calculations.
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