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Title: (Properties of molecular solids and fluids at high pressure and temperature): Annual report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5682510

Equilibrium structures, orientations, and magnetic order, lattice librational and vibrational mode frequencies, intramolecular vibron mode frequencies, sound velocities, equations of state, compressibilities, thermal expansion coefficients, and phase transitions in molecular solids over a wide range of temperatures and were pressures were determined. Except for structures and orientations, which are not static, similar properties were calculated in the fluid, in addition to virial coefficients, viscosities, specific heats, and dyamic correlations of positions, orientation, and local magnetic order. Techniques used include several strategies to optimize multi-dimensional functions as a means to determine structures and orientations, as does constant pressure and constant volume. Monte Carlo methods which also yields thermodynamic quantities and is a powerful method for characterizing phase transitions. Lattice dynamics, mean field methods, and classical perturbation theory are some of the analytic tools we use to determine dynamical features. Systems studied include H/sub 2/, N/sub 2/, O/sub 2/, CO, CO/sub 2/, F/sub 2/, I/sub 2/, N/sub 2/O, Cl/sub 2/, Br/sub 2/, HCl, HBr, and HI. 30 refs.

Research Organization:
Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-86ER45238
OSTI ID:
5682510
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/45238-T2; ON: DE88004195
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English