Abstract
This study reports on the effect of high hydrostatic pressure on the
vibrational spectra of Fe-2(MoO4)(3) microcrystals using Raman
scattering in combination with a membrane diamond-anvil cell. The ferric
molybdate was obtained by the conventional hydrothermal method, and the
structural and morphological properties of the sample were characterized
using additionally X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, as
well as energy dispersive spectroscopy. The X-ray diffraction
measurements have shown that the crystals have a monoclinic structure.
At pressures higher than 4.8 GPa, the disappearance of external modes
was observed, suggesting that pressure has induced a breakdown in the
translational symmetry of the crystal system. The high-pressure
amorphous phase is reversible and attributed to an incomplete
crystal-amorphous transformation. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights
reserved.
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