Structure of molten holmium and erbium trichlorides and tribromides

Authors
Wasse, JC Salmon, PS Delaplane, RG
Citation
Jc. Wasse et al., Structure of molten holmium and erbium trichlorides and tribromides, PHYSICA B, 276, 2000, pp. 433-434
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science
Journal title
PHYSICA B
ISSN journal
09214526 → ACNP
Volume
276
Year of publication
2000
Pages
433 - 434
Database
ISI
SICI code
0921-4526(200003)276:<433:SOMHAE>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The total structure factors of the molten MX3 salts HoCl3, ErCl3, HoBr3 and ErBr3 were measured by using neutron diffraction. The liquids comprise dis torted MX63- octahedral units and show intermediate-range ionic ordering as manifest by the first sharp diffraction peak at a scattering vector of app roximate to 0.94 Angstrom(-1) for the trichlorides and approximate to 0.80 Angstrom(-1) for the tribromides. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.