REORIENTATIONS IN PLASTIC CRYSTAL PHASES OF ZINTL ALLOYS

Authors
SABOUNGI ML FORTNER J PRICE DL HOWELLS WS
Citation
Ml. Saboungi et al., REORIENTATIONS IN PLASTIC CRYSTAL PHASES OF ZINTL ALLOYS, Physica. A, 201(1-3), 1993, pp. 421-424
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physica. A → ACNP
ISSN journal
03784371
Volume
201
Issue
1-3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
421 - 424
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-4371(1993)201:1-3<421:RIPCPO>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Quasielastic neutron scattering measurements on the Zintl alloy NaSn s how that the high-temperature solid phase discovered by Hume-Rothery i s a plastic crystal characterized by rapid rotations of the Sn4{4-} Zi ntl ions. The reorientations are similar to those previously observed in CsPb but have a markedly different wave vector dependence, indicati ng a different behaviour of the alkali metal ions.