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Published on: June 7, 2018
Structure, ferroelasticity and Goldilocks zone phase transitions in C3H5N2Al(SO4)2·6H2O
Bartosz Zarychta1, Zbigniew Czapla2, Janusz Przesławski3
1Department of Chemistry, University of Opole, Oleska 48, 45-052 Opole, Poland.
Abstract:
The single crystal growth and sequence of reversible phase transition are described for C3H5N2Al(SO4)2·6H2O. Thermal and structural analyses combined with dielectric studies and optical observations revealed the structural phase transition at T1 = 339/340 K (I↔II) and T2 = 347/348 K (II↔III) on heating and cooling, respectively. Both phase transitions are of the first-order type. The symmetry changes from monoclinic to trigonal phase. At 293 K, the large crystals are usually divided into numerous domains of the ferroelastic type that disappear above T1 on heating and reappear below T1 on cooling. The domain structure pattern is characteristic for the transition between trigonal and monoclinic phases. The changes of entropy and clear increase of permittivity at T1 provide evidence for the order-disorder character of this phase transition. The transition at T2 seems to be displacive.
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