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Vibrational and structural properties in the dihydrate sodium tungstate and in the dihydrate sodium molybdate crystals

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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, (2013)
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2012.08.024

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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