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High-pressure X-ray diffraction study on α-PbF2

  • L. Ehm
  • , K. Knorr
  • , F. Mädler
  • , H. Voigtländer
  • , E. Busetto
  • , A. Cassetta
  • , A. Lausi
  • , B. Winkler
  • Kiel University
  • Helmholtz Centre Berlin for Materials and Energy
  • Sincrotrone Trieste
  • Goethe University Frankfurt

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Abstract

The high-pressure behaviour of α-PbF2 was investigated by angular-dispersive synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction up to 6.55(8)GPa. The fit of a third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation-of-state gave the volume at zero pressure V0 = 194.14(4)Å3 and the bulk modulus b0 = 47.0(6)GPa with the pressure derivative b′ = 7.9(4). The continuous-symmetry-measure approach has been used for the quantification of the distortion of the coordination polyhedron in α-PbF2 revealing an increasing distortion with pressure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)919-925
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume64
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2003

Keywords

  • A. Inorganic compounds
  • C. High pressure
  • C. X-ray diffraction

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