Pressure dependence of the electric field gradient in Sb and Sb1−x M x (M=ln,Zn, Ge,Pb, Cd,Sn) at the site of111Cd

Using the¹¹¹Cd-TDPAC (time differential perturbated angular correlation) method, the pressure dependence of the electric field gradient (EFG) in Sb and Sb_1–xM_x (M=ln, Zn, Ge, Pb, Cd, Sn) was investigated. The application of a phenomenological ansatz for the parametrisation of the pressure and temperature dependence of the EFG made it possible to combine temperature data gained in former studies [1], [2] with the pressure dependent data presented in this paper. The resulting pressure dependence of –2±0.2 MHz/kbar is shown to be independent of concentration and element of admixture. Results for the volume and explicit temperature dependence agree with existing information on the mixed system Sb_1–xM_x (M=ln, Zn, Ge, Pb, Cd, Sn); the investigation of the EFG in Sb_1–x–yM_xPb_y showed that the resulting EFG may be interpreted as the weighted sum of the individual contributions of the two metals.This paper is dedicated to Prof. Dr. W. Kreische on the occasion of his 60th aniversary on 02.02.1995