ISSN:
1600-5767
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
A universal cell is reported for detwinning ferroelastic crystals, with transition temperatures that range from 300 to 1300 K, in a controlled atmosphere. A carefully oriented compressive stress on the order of 0.1–1 MN m−2 is applied to the twinned crystal at room temperature. The crystal temperature is raised from 300 K through the phase transition and is slowly lowered again under stress. The cell has been used to detwin crystals of Na5W3O9F5 with a Curie temperature of 800 K in an atmosphere of flowing high-purity oxygen, and crystals of Rb2KMoO3F3 with a Curie temperature of 328 K in air. Successful detwinning is demonstrable by the complete conversion of high-angle multiple-component line profiles diffracted by the as-grown crystal to single-component reflection profiles.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889883010006
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