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Solid-state 87Rb NMR study in powdered RbMnCl3
1Department of Science Education, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract:
Structural phase transition at 290 K and the implication on the intermediate phase above 290 K in powdered RbMnCl3 are observed by using a solid-state 87Rb NMR spectroscopy. Quadrupole coupling constants (e2qQ/h), the asymmetry parameters (eta), and the relative peak intensities for two physically nonequivalent Rb sites, Rb(I) and Rb(II), are determined from nonlinear least-squares fits to the 87Rb NMR powder patterns in the temperature range from 260 to 330 K. Quadrupole coupling constants and the asymmetry parameters are examined for the detection of the phase transition resulting in a significant structural change in the Rb(II) site. In addition, changes in the relative peak intensity between the Rb(I) and Rb(II) sites seem to suggest the existence of an anomalous intermediate phase, which is complemented by the differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction studies.
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