Department of Chemistry, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA;J. Stefan Institute, E. Kardelj University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Yogoslavia;Chemistry Division, National Research Council, Ottawa, K1A OR6, Canada
Abstract:
The temperature dependence of the reorientation rates of the AsO44? centers in KH2AsO4 and NH4H2AsO4 as well as of the CrO43? centers in KH2PO4 shows a strong deviation from an Arrhenius behavior which can be quantitatively described as a result of the local “pseudo freeze-out” of the dynamics of these centers and the associated polarization cloud far above the transition temperature TC of the host crystal.