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Title: Tricritical point in ferroelastic ammonium titanyl fluoride: NMR study

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry
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  1. Institute of Chemistry, FEB RAS, Ave. Stoletiya, 159, 690022 Vladivostok (Russian Federation)
  2. Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, SB RAS, Ave. Lavrenteva, 3, 630090 Novosibirsk (Russian Federation)

Ionic mobility and phase transitions in ammonium titanyl pentafluoride (NH{sub 4}){sub 3}TiOF{sub 5} were studied using the {sup 19}F and {sup 1}H NMR data. The high-temperature phase (I) is characterized by spherically symmetric (isotropic) reorientation of [TiOF{sub 5}]{sup 3-} anions and by uniaxial reorientation of these anions in the ferroelastic phase II. A previously unknown second-order phase transition to the low-temperature modification (NH{sub 4}){sub 3}TiOF{sub 5}(III) was found at 205 K. The transition is accompanied by hindering of uniaxial rotations of [TiOF{sub 5}]{sup 3-} anions and by noticeable change of {sup 19}F magnetic shielding tensor associated with the influence of pseudo-Jahn-Teller effect. A pressure-induced tricritical point with coordinates p{sub TCR{approx}}2 kbar and T{sub TCR{approx}}170 K is estimated on the base of {sup 19}F NMR chemical shift data, and previously studied p-T diagram of (NH{sub 4}){sub 3}TiOF{sub 5}. - Graphical abstract: p-T phase diagram of (NH{sub 4}){sub 3}TiOF{sub 5}.

OSTI ID:
21426621
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry, Vol. 183, Issue 9; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2010.07.027; PII: S0022-4596(10)00309-9; Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English