Heat capacity, p-T phase diagram, and structure of Rb2KTiOF5

Elpasolite Rb₂KTiOF₅ (space group, Fm $ \bar 3 Elpasolite Rb₂KTiOF₅ (space group, Fm m, Z = 4) was synthesized using a solid-phase reaction method. The temperature dependences of the heat capacity, the unit cell parameters, the structure, the permittivity, the response to an external pressure, and the Raman spectra were studied. A nonferroelectric phase transition was revealed at T ₀ = 215 K; the transition is accompanied by a tetragonal distortion of the unit cell (space group I4/m, Z = 10) and a change in the entropy (ΔS ₀ = Rln8), which is anomalously large for perovskite-like oxyfluorides with atomic cations. The specific features of the mechanism of structure distortion are discussed in combination with the previous experimental data obtained for cryolite (NH₄)₃TiOF₅ and elpasolite Rb₂KGaF₆. Original Russian Text ? V.D. Fokina, I.N. Flerov, M.S. Molokeev, E.I. Pogorel’tsev, E.V. Bogdanov, A.S. Krylov, A.F. Bovina, V.N. Voronov, N.M. Laptash, 2008, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2008, Vol. 50, No. 11, pp. 2084–2092.     

Phase transitions in the (NH<Subscript>4</Subscript>)<Subscript>2</Subscript>NbOF<Subscript>5</Subscript> oxyfluoride

The thermal and dielectric properties of the (NH₄)₂NbOF₅ oxyfluoride have been investigated. It has been established that the structural phase transitions Cmc2₁ → C2 → Ia observed at the temperatures T ₁ = 258.0 K and T ₂ = 218.9 K exhibit a nonferroelectric nature. The hydrostatic pressure, which stabilizes the initial phase and destabilizes the low-temperature phase, hardly affects the temperature range of stability of the intermediate phase. The model of sequential ordering of the structural elements due to phase transitions has been analyzed using experimental data on the entropies of the phase transitions.     

Specific Heat and Thermal Expansion of Triglycine Sulfate–Porous Glass Nanocomposites

The effect of restricted geometry on specific heat capacity and thermal expansion of the triglycine sulfate (TGS)–borosilicate glass composites have been studied first. A decrease in the entropy and temperature of the P2₁ ? P2₁/m phase transition in the TGS component with decreasing the glass matrix pore diameter at the invariable specific heat and thermal expansion coefficient has been observed. The estimates are indicative of the minor effect of internal pressure on the TGS pressure coefficient dT_C/dp in the composites.     

Two salts and the salt cocrystal of ciprofloxacin with thiobarbituric and barbituric acids: The structure and properties

Ciprofloxacin (CfH, C₁₇H₁₈FN₃O₃) crystallizes with 2‐thiobarbituric (H₂tba) and barbituric acid (H₂ba) in the aqueous solution to yield salt CfH₂(Htba)·3H₂O ( 1 ), salt cocrystal CfH₂(Hba)(H₂ba)·3H₂O ( 2 ), and salt CfH₂(Hba)·H₂O ( 3 ). The compounds are structurally characterized by the X‐ray single‐crystal diffraction. The numerous intermolecular hydrogen bonds N–H?O and O–H?O formed by water molecules, Htba^?/Hba^? and CfH₂⁺ ions, and H₂ba molecules stabilize the crystal structures of 1 to 3 . Hydrogen bonds form a 2D plane network in the salts of 1 and 3 and a 3D network in the salt cocrystal of 2 . There are different π‐π interactions in 1 to 3 . The compounds have been characterized by powder X‐ray diffraction, thermogravimetry/differential scanning calorimetry, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The compounds dehydration ends at 130°C to 150°C, and their oxidative decomposition is observed in the range of 250°C to 275°C.     

Heat Capacity and Thermodynamic Functions of GdGaTi2O7 in the Temperature Range of 320–1000 K

Physics of the Solid State - Titanate GdGaTi2O7 has been obtained from the initial oxides Gd2O3, Ga2O3, and TiO2 by the solid-state synthesis via annealing in air at temperatures of 1273 and 1573...