Order–Disorder Structural Phase Transitions in Alkali Perchlorates
✍ Scribed by Jianjun Liu; Chun-gang Duan; W.N. Mei; R.W. Smith; J.R. Hardy
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 385 KB
- Volume
- 163
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4596
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✦ Synopsis
Order+disorder structural phase transitions in alkali perchlorates MClO 4 (M ؍ Na, K, Rb, Cs) are investigated using molecular dynamics simulation. The potentials in the simulations are based on the Gordon+Kim modi5ed electron gas formalism extended to molecular ions. The simulations yield 5rst-order phase transitions in perchlorates from low temperature orthorhombic structures to high temperature cubic NaCl structures. The perchlorate ions are found to be orientational disordered in the high temperature phases.
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
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