A re-investigation of the far-infrared spectrum of isotactic polystyrene in the 7–2400 cm−1 region at ambient temperature

Fourier-transformed interferometric techniques have been utilized to obtain new data for the far-infrared spectrum of isotactic polystyrene. The region in which rotational and translational crystalline bands are observed has been investigated and 21 absorptions associated with infrared active crystal lattice modes have been observed in the 7–400 cm^?1 region. Possible assignments of these bands have been attempted, and a comparison with the previously reported data for polypropylene has been made.     

Electric field gradients in EuScFe garnets

The electric quadrupole interactions at the octahedral, tetrahedral, and dodecahedral sites in the Eu_3?ySc_2+yFe₃O₁₂ (0 ≤ y ≤ 0.5) garnet system were studied with ⁵⁷Fe and ¹⁵¹Eu Mössbauer spectroscopy. The electric field gradient tensor at the three sites was calculated using a monopole-point-dipole model. It is shown that the dipole contribution to the electric field gradient tensor is not negligible even for very small values of the oxygen dipole polarizability. The importance of the overlap and second-order 4f contributions is discussed.     

Cation distribution in Eu-Sc-Fe garnets

The cation distribution has been studied with ⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy in the garnet system Eu_3?ySc_2+yFe₃O₁₂ with y = 0.0, 0.2 and 0.5. It is shown that the previously proposed cation distribution is not correct. The problem of possible impurities in the investigated system is discussed in detail. Several possible cation distributions are considered compatible with Mössbauer data. Mössbauer results combined with the composition dependence of lattice constants show that the tetrahedral sites are accessible to Sc³⁺ ions. The system studied is a second example of a garnet structure in which Sc³⁺ ions are found at the tetrahedral sites. A small fraction of Sc³⁺ ions for the samples y = 0.2 and 0.5 is also found at the dodecahedral sites.