Dynamic characterization of crystalline and glass phases of deuterated 1,1,2,2 tetrachloroethane
- Facultad de Matemática, Astronomía y Física, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba and IFEG-CONICET, Ciudad Universitaria, X5016LAE Córdoba (Argentina)
- Université Bordeaux, LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence, France and LOMA, UMR 5798, F-33400 Talence (France)
A thorough characterization of the γ, β, and glass phases of deuterated 1,1,2,2 tetrachloroethane (C{sub 2}D{sub 2}Cl{sub 4}) via nuclear quadrupole resonance and Molecular Dynamic Simulations (MDSs) is reported. The presence of molecular reorientations was experimentally observed in the glass phase and in the β phase. In the β phase, and from MDS, these reorientations are attributed to two possible movements, i.e., a 180° reorientation around the C{sub 2} molecular symmetry axis and a reorientation of the molecule between two non-equivalent positions. In the glass phase, the spin-lattice relaxation time T{sub 1} is of the order of 16 times lower than in the crystalline phase and varies as T{sup −1} below 100 K in good agreement with the strong quadrupolar relaxation observed in amorphous materials and in the glassy state of molecular organic systems. The activation energy of molecular reorientations in the glass phase (19 kJ/mol) is comparable to that observed in the glassy crystal of a “molecular cousin” compound, Freon 112 (C{sub 2}F{sub 2}Cl{sub 4}), for the secondary β-relaxation. Moreover, the on-site orientational motion of tetrachloroethane molecules offers a new indirect evidence of the prominent role of such orientational disorder in glassy dynamics.
- OSTI ID:
- 22489683
- Journal Information:
- Journal of Chemical Physics, Vol. 143, Issue 13; Other Information: (c) 2015 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-9606
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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