Compression mechanism of GaF3and FeF3: a high-pressure X-ray diffraction study
- 20 October 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in High Pressure Research
- Vol. 30 (4), 634-642
- https://doi.org/10.1080/08957959.2010.525704
Abstract
The VF3-type compounds MF3 with M = Fe and Ga have been studied by high-pressure energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction. The compression mechanism was found to be highly anisotropic for both compounds, with the c-axis showing little pressure dependence. The volume reduction is mainly achieved through coupled rotations of the MF6 octahedra around the c-axis, which reduces the length of the a-axis. The compression mechanism of both compounds is reasonably well described in terms of deformation of an 8/3/c2 sphere-packing model up to the pressures where the fluorine atoms become hexagonally close-packed. It is proposed that both compounds enter a phase with the fluorine atom arranged in a “super-dense” sphere packing at higher pressures. The zero pressure bulk modulus of FeF3 and GaF3 was determined as 12(2) and 37(3) GPa, respectively, and a scaling relation between the zero pressure bulk modulus and unit cell volumes was found for TiF3, CrF3, FeF3 and GaF3.Keywords
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