Phase transition in Pd40Ni10Cu30P20 bulk metallic glass under HP & HT

The phase transitions in Pd40Ni10Cu30P20 bulk metallic glass (BMG) have been studied under high pressure and high temperature (HP & HT) by X-ray diffraction measurements with synchrotron radiation source. We found that the BMG underwent a phase transitions of amorphous-crystalline-amorphous at 10 GPa upon heating. The parallel experiments were carried out at 7 GPa, while we did not observe the amorphous-crystalline-amorphous transitions by increasing temperature. Quenching the melted BMG at 7 GPa, it was found that the phase crystallized from the melt differed from the primary phase crystallized from the starting amorphous solid upon heating, suggesting there existed a distinct mechanism in two cases.     

Phase transition in Pd<Subscript>40</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>10</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>30</Subscript>P<Subscript>20</Subscript> bulk metallic glass under HP &; HT

The phase transitions in Pd₄₀Ni₁₀Cu₃₀P₂₀ bulk metallic glass (BMG) have been studied under high pressure and high temperature (HP & HT) by X-ray diffaction measurements with synchrotron radiation source. We found that the BMG underwent a phase transitions of amorphous-crystalline-amorphous at 10 GPa upon heating. The parallel experiments were carried out at 7 GPa, while we did not observe the amorphous-crystalline-amorphous transitions by increasing temperature. Quenching the melted BMG at 7 GPa, it was found that the phase crystallized from the melt differed from the primary phase crystallized from the starting amorphous solid upon heating suggesting there existed a distinct mechanism in two cases.     

Phase transition in Pd40Ni10Cu30P20 bulk metallic glass under HP & HT

The phase transitions in Pd₄₀Ni₁₀Cu₃₀P₂₀ bulk metallic glass (BMG) have been studied under high pressure and high temperature (HP & HT) by X-ray diffaction measurements with synchrotron radiation source. We found that the BMG underwent a phase transitions of amorphous-crystalline-amorphous at 10 GPa upon heating. The parallel experiments were carried out at 7 GPa, while we did not observe the amorphous-crystalline-amorphous transitions by increasing temperature. Quenching the melted BMG at 7 GPa, it was found that the phase crystallized from the melt differed from the primary phase crystallized from the starting amorphous solid upon heating suggesting there existed a distinct mechanism in two cases.     

高温高压下冲击波淬火的锆基大块金属玻璃的相演化过程研究

 采用同步辐射能散X射线衍射技术，研究了高温高压下利用冲击波淬火技术制备的Zr₄₁Ti₁₄Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5大块金属玻璃的相演化过程。研究结果发现：在实验压力范围内，在不同压力下试样具有相同的初始析出相Zr₂Be₁₇，但是随后的相演化过程是不同的，根据应用压力的不同，试样的相演化过程可以分为3个不同的区域；另外，试样的晶化温度随着压力的增大而升高，但是在6.0 GPa存在一个突然的下降，在此压力点试样具有不同于其它压力点的相演化过程。相演化过程的不同和晶化温度的突然下降，可能归因于在不同压力下试样具有不同的原子构型。     

Compression behavior of Zr_(41)Ti_(14)Cu_(12.5)Ni_(10)Be_(22.5) bulk metallic glass up to 24 GPa

With the development of multicomponent Zr-based glass bulk metallic glasses(BMGs) with a larger geometry by a conventional casting process with a low coolingrate[1—4], high pressure, which is the simplest way to vary the interatomic distance ofsubstance and thus change its physical properties, has been employed as an importantmeans to investigate structural relaxation and the crystallization of the BMGs[5]. Relativeto crystalline, metallic glasses have excess free volume, which will annihil…     

Electron Transport Property of CdTe under High Pressure and Moderate Temperature by In-Situ Resistivity Measurement in Diamond Anvil Cell

In situ resistivity measurement has been performed to investigate the electron transport property of powered CdTe under high pressure and moderate temperature in a designed diamond anvil cell. Several abnormal resistivity changes can be found at room temperature when the pressure increases from ambient to 33 GPa. The abnormal resistivity changes at about 3.8 GPa and 10 GPa are caused by the structural phase transitions to the rock-salt phase and to the Cmcm phase, respectively. The other abnormal resistivity changes at about 6.5 GPa, 15.5 GPa, 22.2 GPa and about 30 GPa never observed before are due to the electronic phase transitions of CdTe. The origin of the abnormal change occurred at about 6.5 GPa is discussed. The temperature dependence of the resistivity of CdTe shows its semiconducting behaviour at least before 11.3 GPa.     

Structural relaxation of Zr_(41)Ti_(14)Cu_(12.5)Ni_(10)Be_(22.5) bulk metallic glass under high pressure

Zr41Ti14Cu12.5Ni10Be22.5bulk metallic glass (BMG) is annealed at 573 K under 3 GPaand its structural relaxation is investigated by X-ray diffraction, ultrasonic study, compression as well as sliding wear measurements. It is found that after the ZrTiCuNiBe BMG sample was annealed under high pressure, the mechanical properties were improved. Moreover, the BMG with relaxed structure exhibits markedly different acoustic properties. These results are attributed to the fact that relaxation under high-pressure results in a microstructural transformation in the BMG.     

Phase transitions in cerium at high pressures (up to 15 GPa) and high temperatures

Phase transitions in cerium have been studied by the electrical resistance method in the 15-GPa pressure range at high temperatures. At pressures above 10 GPa, cerium represents a mixture of stable and metastable phases, the composition of this mixture being dependent on the trajectory in the P-T plane that leads to a given point. Transformations in both stable and metastable components of the mixture proceeding rather independently display a complicated picture of phase transitions. It was assumed that only the α (fcc) and α′ (α-U) phases are stable at pressures above the well-known γ-α transition, the other phases being metastable. The proposed bow-shaped equilibrium phase diagram includes an extremely wide hysteresis region, where stable and metastable phases can coexist. The fcc α phase alone survives upon heating above 50°C at 15 GPa.     

Raman spectroscopic and optical absorption study of the high pressure behaviour and polymorphism in KO2

Abstract

Raman scattering, visible absorption, and optical observation studies have been made on polycrystalline potassium superoxide (KO₂) in a diamond anvil cell as a function of pressure and temperature. Three new phases are observed. With increasing pressure at 298 K, KO₂ transforms from the well known modified CaC₂ structure (Phase II), to two new phases (VII, and VIII). The transformation from III to VII occurs at about 3.2GPa. Phase VII transforms to phase VIII at about 4.4GPa. However, in some samples phase VII does not occur and phase II transforms directly into phase VIII at about 4.2 GPa. These structural transformations are indicated by marked changes in the Raman spectrum. The transitions out of phase II are also marked by a discontinuous red shift in the optical absorption edge. From optical observations we have also determined the pressure and temperature dependence of the transitions from phase II to the high temperature cubic (B1) phase I as well as from the high pressure phases VII and VIII to a new nonbirefringent phase IX. This new phase IX has the cubic B2 (CsCl) structure as is shown by our recent X-ray synchrotron experiments.     

Compression behavior of Zr<Subscript>41</Subscript>Ti<Subscript>14</Subscript>Cu<Subscript>12.5</Subscript>Ni<Subscript>10</Subscript>Be<Subscript>22.5</Subscript> bulk metallic glass up to 24 GPa

The compression of a Zr₄₁Ti₁₄Cu_12.5Ni₁₀Be_22.5 bulk metallic glass (BMG) is investigated at room temperature up to 24 GPa using in-situ high pressure energy dispersive X-ray diffraction with a synchrotron radiation source. The pressure-induced structural relaxation is exhibited. It is found that below about 8 GPa, the existence of excess free volume contributes to the rapid structural relaxation, which gives rise to the rapid volumetric change, and the structural relaxation results in the structural stiffness under higher pressure.     

Sr2Bi4Ti5O18的压致结构相变

 使用4∶1的甲醇-乙醇混合液作传压介质，利用金刚石对顶砧装置（DAC），研究了层状铁电体Sr₂Bi₄Ti₅O₁₈的在位高压拉曼光谱和压致结构相变（0～27 GPa）。发现在8.31 GPa，Sr₂Bi₄Ti₅O₁₈经历了一次结构相交。在23.13 GPa以上，Sr₂Bi₄Ti₅O₁₈似乎出现了压致非晶相交的先兆。并使用内模方法对Sr₂Bi₄Ti₅O₁₈的内模进行了指认。     

高压下Na5Tb(WO4)4单晶的光谱

研究了Na5Tb(WO4)4单晶的高压发光规律,化学计量的Na5Tb(WO4)4基质发光单晶的发光来源于基质中高浓度Tb3+.用金刚石对顶砧显微光谱系统在0-4GPa范围内研究了Na5Tb(WO4)4的室温高压光谱,确定了各发射谱线的高压移动率.对Tb3+的5D4→7Fj(j=0,1,2,3,4,5),测到18条谱线高压移动率中除一条(5D4→7F2,常压峰值15509cm-1)蓝移外,都红移,红移率最大为-19.5cm-1/GPa(对应谱线5D4→7F4,常压峰值16876cm-1),与Tb3+在其它基质中相比,此移动率很大.     

Phase transitions in KIO(3)

The high-pressure behavior of KIO(3) was studied up to 30?GPa using single crystal and powder x-ray diffraction, Raman spectroscopy, second harmonic generation (SHG) experiments and density functional theory (DFT)-based calculations. Triclinic KIO(3) shows two pressure-induced structural phase transitions at 7?GPa and at 14?GPa. Single crystal x-ray diffraction at 8.7(1)?GPa was employed to solve the structure of the first high-pressure phase (space group R3, a?=?5.89(1) ?, α?=?62.4(1)°). The bulk modulus, B, of this phase was obtained by fitting a second order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state (eos) to synchrotron x-ray powder diffraction data resulting in B(exp,second)?=?67(3)?GPa. The DFT model gave B(DFT,second)?=?70.9?GPa, and, for a third order Birch-Murnaghan eos, B(DFT,third)?=?67.9?GPa with a pressure derivative of [Formula: see text]. Both high-pressure transformations were detectable by Raman spectroscopy and the observation of second harmonic signals. The presence of strong SHG signals shows that all high-pressure phases are acentric. By using different pressure media, we showed that the transition pressures are very strongly influenced by shear stresses. Earlier work on low- and high-temperature transitions was complemented by low-temperature heat capacity measurements. We found no evidence for the presence of an orientational glass, in contrast to earlier dielectric studies, but consistent with earlier low-temperature diffraction studies.     

High P–T Raman study of transitions in relaxor multiferroic Pb(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3

The vibrational and structural properties of Pb(Fe_0.5Nb_0.5)O₃ have been investigated using Raman spectroscopy up to 40 GPa at 300 K and from 300 to 415 K at selected pressures. The measurements reveal three phase transitions, at 5.5, 8.7, and 24 GPa at room temperature. The temperature dependences of the spectra indicate transitions at 1.5 GPa, at 335 and 365 K. The results are consistent with the appearance of an intermediate tetragonal P4mm phase between the ferroelectric R3m and paraelectric Pm‐3m phases. A P–T phase diagram is proposed that allows further insight into the magnetoelectric coupling present in this material. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Changes in the crystalline structure of chlorpropamide at high pressures and temperatures

The crystalline structure of chlorpropamide is studied by the X-ray diffraction method at high pressures up to 4.2 GPa and in the temperature range 300–450 K. At normal pressure and upon heating to its melting point T = 396 K no phase transitions are found in chlorpropamide. When the initial α form of chlorpropamide is recrystallized, the appearance of a polymorphic ε phase is observed. After recrystallization, the high pressure effect causes partial amorphization of chlorpropamide at pressures of P ～ 3 GPa. Baric and temperature coefficients are obtained for the α and ε forms of chlorpropamide.     

Bi1.8Nd0.2Ti4O11的温致及压致软模相变研究

 采用背用散射的方法，测量了Bi_1.8Nd_0.2Ti₄O₁₁的拉曼光谱。实验结果表明，该掺杂样品发生温致和压致软模相变的温度和压力分别为200 ℃和3.35 GPa。文中讨论了相变点移动的原因及高频声子模随温度和压力的变化。     

Reconstructive structural phase transitions in dense Mg

The question raised recently about whether the high-pressure phase transitions of Mg follow a hexagonal close-packed (hcp) → body centered cubic (bcc) or hcp → double hexagonal close-packed (dhcp) → bcc sequence at room temperature is examined by the use of first principles density functional methods. Enthalpy calculations show that the bcc structure replaces the hcp structure to become the most stable structure near 48 GPa, whereas the dhcp structure is never the most stable structure in the pressure range of interest. The characterized phase-transition mechanisms indicate that the hcp → dhcp transition is also associated with a higher enthalpy barrier. At room temperature, the structural sequence hcp → bcc is therefore more energetically favorable for Mg. The same conclusion is also reached from the simulations of the phase transitions using metadynamics methods. At room temperature, the metadynamics simulations predict the onset of a hcp → bcc transition at 40 GPa and the transition becomes more prominent upon further compression. At high temperatures, the metadynamics simulations reveal a structural fluctuation among the hcp, dhcp, and bcc structures at 15 GPa. With increasing pressure, the structural evolution at high temperatures becomes more unambiguous and eventually settles to a bcc structure once sufficient pressure is applied.     

CdSe在高压下的电学性质及相变

 利用在金刚石压砧上集成的微电路,原位测量了CdSe多晶粉末在温度为300~450 K、压力达到23 GPa时电阻率随温度和压力的变化关系。实验结果表明：在加压过程中,电阻率在2.6 GPa压力时出现的异常改变,对应着CdSe从纤锌矿向岩盐矿结构的转变,而在6.0、9.8、17.0 GPa等压力处出现的电阻率异常,则是由CdSe中的电子结构的变化所引起的;在卸压过程中,只在约14.0和3.0 GPa压力下观察到了两个电阻率异常点。通过对电阻率随压力变化曲线的模拟,得出了CdSe高压相的带隙随压力的变化关系,据此预测CdSe金属化的压力应在70~100 GPa之间。变温实验结果表明,在实验的温度和压力范围内,CdSe的电阻率均随温度的增加而升高。     

Cd(0.2)-Sn-Zn三元合金高压垂直截面相图的测定

 采用高压DTA方法，测定了Cd-Sn-Zn三元系中x_Cd=20 at.%截面的高压垂直截面相图，实验压力为0，0.5，1.0，1.5 GPa。所得高压相图与常压相图比较，在p=1.5 GPa时低共晶点上移了大约35 K，共析组成在加压过程中几乎不变。这种变化趋势与理论计算的结果相图，所得高压相图的液相线与计算相图的一致。     

RAMAN AND INFRARED SPECTRA OF IODOFORM AT HIGH PRESSURES

ABSTRACT

Raman and infrared spectra are reported for iodoform samples in diamond anvil cells at ambient temperature and at pressures up to 5 GPa (Raman) and 10 GPa (infrared). The spectra appear to evolve smoothly and no evidence of any structural phase transitions is found. The dependence on pressure of 7 Raman and 13 infrared peak wavenumbers is presented. A large increase in intermolecular bonding strengths is confirmed, together with a moderate increase in intramolecular I-C-I bending forces. Color changes in the samples at high pressures are found to be mostly reversible, but long exposure to high fluxes of visible photons causes some molecular dissociation, with the release of iodine.