Phase behaviour of ammonium-bromide-d4under high pressure and low temperature; an average and local structure study release_gc6nv53glzhnziof4etrlt3ywq

Abstract

We revisit the pressure-induced order-disorder transition between phases II and IV in ammonium bromide-d4using neutron diffraction measurements to characterise both the average and local structures. We identify a very sluggish transition that does not proceed to full conversion and local structure correlations indicate a slight preference for ammonium cation ordering along〈110〉crystallographic directions, as pressure is increased. Simultaneous cooling below ambient temperature appears to facilitate the pressure-induced transition. Variable-temperature, ambient-pressure measurements across the IV→III→II transitions show slower conversion than previously observed, and that phase III exhibits metastability above ambient temperature.
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