Solid and Liquid AgI at High Pressure and High Temperature: A X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Study |
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Authors: | S De Panfilis A Di Cicco A Filipponi M Minicucci |
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Institution: | 1. Unitá di Ricerca INFM and Dip. di Fisica , Via Madonna delle Carceri, Camerino (MC) , I-63032 , Italy Fax: E-mail: simone.depanfilis@unicam.it;2. Unitá di Ricerca INFM and Dip. di Fisica , Via Madonna delle Carceri, Camerino (MC) , I-63032 , Italy;3. Unitá di Ricerca INFM and Dip. di Fisica , Coppito (AQ) , 67010 , Italy |
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Abstract: | We report about recent X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS) measurements on solid and liquid AgI under high pressure. The structural behaviour of AgI has been investigated to pressures P~4.3 GPa at room temperature and to P~1.8 GPa at 1100 K. The high temperature/high pressure conditions have been obtained by means of a large-volume press of the Paris-Edinburgh type, coupled with a 10 mm boron/epoxy biconical gasket. The absorption spectra have been collected in transmission mode, both at the K-edge of Ag and I, and the samples have been characterized in situ by energy scanning X-ray diffraction at fixed angles. Our XAS results for solid AgI are compatible with previous X-ray diffraction measurements. For liquid AgI, we observe a slight change in the intensity and a shift in the frequency of the XAS oscillations with respect to what obtained in the case of the ambient pressure liquid. |
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Keywords: | High Pressure High Temperature X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Superionic Conductors Structure Of Liquids Phase Transitions |
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