Iron-57 Mössbauer spectroscopic studies of materials of composition Fe x NbTiP3O12: materials with low concentrations of iron and the effects of treatment in air

The⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectrum recorded from the material of composition Fe_0.25NbTiP₃O₁₂ shows the presence of Fe²⁺ in a distribution of approximately octahedral type I sites within the channels of the NbTiP₃O₁₂ structure. A comparison of the results with those recorded from the material Fe_0.33NbTiP₃O₁₂ demonstrates the existence of an upper limit to the occupation by the Fe²⁺ species of the type I sites. Lattice parameter measurements and⁵⁷Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy show that treatment of Fe_0.25NbTiP₃O₁₂ in air induces the migration of the incorporated iron from the channels to form macroscopic -Fe₂O₃.     

Effect of γ-irradiation on the heat capacity of an [NH2(CH3)2]2 · CuCl4 crystal in the temperature range 80–300 K

The heat capacity of [NH₂(CH₃)₂]₂ · CuCl₄ crystals prior to and after γ-irradiation with doses of 1, 5, 10, and 50 MR is measured by the calorimetric method in the temperature range 80–300 K. It is found that, as the temperature decreases, the temperature dependence C _p (T) exhibits two anomalies which correspond to phase transitions from the incommensurate to the ferroelectric phase at T _c =281 K and from the ferroelectric to the ferroelastic phase at T ₁=255 K. The nature of the anomalies is typical of a first-order phase transition. In addition, a smeared anomaly in the form of a small increase in the heat capacity of the ferroelectric phase is observed at T≈275 K. It is demonstrated that when the dose of γ-irradiation increases, the anomalies decrease in magnitude and the phase transition temperatures are displaced: T _c increases and T ₁ decreases.     

Effect of pressure on the solubilities of LiF,NaF, KCl,NH4, Cl,K2SO4, (NH4)2SO4, and ZnSO4·7H2O in water at 298.15 K

Abstract

Solubilities of seven inorganic compounds in water were measured at 298.15 K and up to 350 MPa. The solubilities of K₂SO₄, LiF, NaF, and KCI increased with increasing pressure, those of NH₄Cl and (NH₄)₂SO₄ decreased, and that of ZnSO₄·7H₂O showed almost no dependence on pressure. From the slopes of these solubility curves at 0.1 MPa, we estimated the volume changes accompanying the dissolution of the solutes. These values coincided with the volume differences between the partial molar volume at saturation and the molar volume of the crystal within ca. ± 1 cm³ mol^?.     

An analysis of phonon emission as controlled by the combined interaction with the acoustic and piezoelectric phonons in a degenerate III–V compound semiconductor using an approximated Fermi–Dirac distribution at low lattice temperatures

Compound semiconductors being piezoelectric in nature, the intrinsic thermal vibration of the lattice atoms at any temperature gives rise to an additional potential field that perturbs the periodic potential field of the atoms. This is over and above the intrinsic deformation acoustic potential field which is always produced in every material. The scattering of the electrons through the piezoelectric perturbing potential is important in all compound semiconductors, particularly at the low lattice temperatures. Thus, the electrical transport in such materials is principally controlled by the combined interaction of the electrons with the deformation potential acoustic and piezoelectric phonons at low lattice temperatures. The study here, deals with the problem of phonon growth characteristics, considering the combined scattering of the non-equilibrium electrons in compound semiconductors, at low lattice temperatures. Beside degeneracy, other low temperature features, like the inelasticity of the electron–phonon collisions, and the full form of the phonon distribution have been duly considered. The distribution function of the degenerate ensemble of carriers, as given by the heated Fermi–Dirac function, has been approximated by a simplified, well-tested model. The model which has been proposed earlier, makes it much easier to carry out analytically the integrations without usual oversimplified approximations.