Abstract
Temperature-dependent vibrational (Raman and infrared) spectroscopy and
X-ray diffraction studies have been performed on polycrystalline Na2WO4
center dot 2H(2)O and Na2MoO4 center dot 2H(2)O crystals. Raman data at
low temperature 13-300 K for sodium tungstate Na2WO4 center dot 2H(2)O
was compared with the sodium molybdate Na2MoO4 center dot 2H(2)O. The
infrared and the X-ray diffraction obtained in the 80-300 K suggest that
both crystals have undergone conformational changes connected with an
increase in the Raman intensity of NaO6 modes and the libration modes of
water molecules at about 100-120 K. Additionally, Raman spectroscopy
measurements of Na2WO4 center dot 2H(2)O under hydrostatic pressure
(from 0 to 5 GPa) were performed. The pressure-dependent studies
indicate the starting orthorhombic structure is stable in the 0.0-3.2
GPa pressure range, and undergoes a phase transition at about 3.9 GPa,
associated with rotation of WO4-2 units. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All
rights reserved.
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