The crystal structure of α-MgD2 under high pressure by neutron powder diffraction

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作者
Kohlmann, Holger [1 ]
Zhao, Yusheng [2 ]
Nicol, Malcolm F. [3 ]
McClure, Jason [3 ]
机构
[1] Univ Saarland, D-66123 Saarbrucken, Germany
[2] Los Alamos Natl Lab, LANSCE Div, Los Alamos, NM 87545 USA
[3] Univ Nevada, High Pressure Sci & Engn Ctr, Las Vegas, NV 89154 USA
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE | 2008年 / 223卷 / 10期
关键词
Neutron powder diffraction; High pressure; Metal hydrides; Magnesium deuteride; Rietveld refinement;
D O I
10.1524/zkri.2008.1126
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
学科分类号
0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
The crystal structure of rutile-type magnesium deuteride, alpha-MgD(2), has been studied by in situ neutron powder diffraction at room temperature and pressures up to 9.3 GPa. The bulk modulus B(0) = 49(2) GPa is about half, the linear compressibilities (0.0063/GPa along a and 0.0041/GPa along c) are about twice and the variation of the free positional parameter x about six times the values for the isostructural magnesium fluoride, indicating the strong polarizability of the deuteride anion. Under pressure the MgD(6) octahedra are more compressed (four Mg-D distances at 199(1), two at 173(1) pm) than at ambient pressure (195.1(1), 194.8(2) pm) and the structural arrangement becomes more CaCl(2) like, although no structural phase transition has been observed.
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页数:5
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