On the thermal expansion of β-cristobalite
✍ Scribed by I. P. Swainson; M. T. Dove
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0342-1791
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✦ Synopsis
We have measured the temperature dependence of the cell parameter of cubic fl-cristobalite up to 1300 ~ C by high-precision X-ray powder diffraction. The thermal expansion coefficient decreases on heating, until above 1000 ~ C the cell parameter is virtually constant in value. We discuss this change in the thermal expansion with reference to the behaviour of low-frequency rigid unit modes and fluctuations associated with the ~-fl phase transition.
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