| Autor: |
Jones, C. Y., Edwards, J. G. |
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The Journal of Physical Chemistry - Part B; April 2001, Vol. 105 Issue: 14 p2718-2724, 7p |
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We report the first neutron scattering study of a condensed-phase transformation in an effusion cell at high temperatures. Neutron powder diffraction patterns of gallium sulfide in a quartz effusion cell were measured from room temperature to 1260 K to seek a phase transformation at 1243 K implied by mass-spectrometric and vapor-pressure data and predicted with a thermodynamic theory of condensed-phase transformations in binary systems. Diffraction patterns in the range of 1230−1260 K revealed a phase transformation from monoclinic Ga2S3 to a high-temperature phase, which was indexed from neutron diffraction data at 1260 K as hexagonal with unit cell parameters a = 3.74 ± 0.20 Å and c = 6.14 ± 2.69 Å. Diffuse scattering observed in the diffraction pattern of the hexagonal, high-temperature phase suggested disordering in Ga2S3 and correlation in gallium positions on the length scale of their sublattice spacing in the monoclinic phase. The time scale of the experiment, >1 h, prevented a determination of the order of the transformation. This application of time-of-flight neutron powder diffraction to samples in effusion cells has introduced a new high-temperature technique for structural studies of phase equilibria of materials under effusion conditions. |
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