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Brillouin scattering study of phase transitions in LiK0.80(NH4)(0.20)SO4 mixed crystals

, , , , , , and . JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS, 63 (10): 1951-1956 (2002)
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3697(02)00191-9

Abstract

Brillouin spectroscopy was used to study the phase transitions of LiK0.80(NH4)(0.20)SO4 mixed crystals in the temperature range 10-300 K. The relevant elastic stiffness coefficients were evaluated at room temperature. The quasi-longitudinal gamma(16) and the quasi-transverse gamma(17) mode frequencies were measured in the above temperature range. From their frequency vs. temperature curve, three different phase transitions were determined. Two of the four phases presented by the crystal were found to be ferroelastic. The observed phases are tentatively assigned through a comparison with the phase transitions undergone by LiKSO4 and LiK0.96(NH4)(0.04)SO4 crystals. An anomalous behavior of the Brillouin linewidth near the 260 K phase transition was observed. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

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