ISSN:
1600-5724
Source:
Crystallography Journals Online : IUCR Backfile Archive 1948-2001
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
Transformation characteristics of two cadmium iodide polytypes, 18H6 and 20H9, have been studied. Like other polytypes, these are not based on the most commonly found basic 4H structure; instead they are based on the low-periodicity structure 6H. On vacuum annealing, they transform according to the schemes 18H6 → 4H and 20H9 → 4H. An analysis of these transformations reveals that the growth and transformation processes need not necessarily be complementary. In order to determine a feasible transformation mechanism, the atomic structures (layer sequences) of the polytypes have been evaluated. These correspond to (2211)21122 for 18H6 and (2211)2(11)4 for 20H9. The schematic transformation mechanism has been elucidated.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S056773947700014X
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