The Moessbauer effect in /sup 129/I in conjunction with Diamond-Anvil-Cell high pressure techniques was applied to investigate the high pressure phase(s) of the molecular crystal GeI/sub 4/. The /sup 129/I Quadrupole Interaction was the main probe for characterizing the intermolecular structural transformation with pressure. With increasing pressure, at about 15 GPAa, the onset of a partial molecular-association phase (HP1) is first observed. In HP1 two out of the four iodines strongly overlap to form linear chains of GeI/sub 4/. The HP1 phase coexists with the low pressure (LP) molecular phase, but its population increases with increasing pressure. At P /approx/20 ...
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The Moessbauer effect in /sup 129/I in conjunction with Diamond-Anvil-Cell high pressure techniques was applied to investigate the high pressure phase(s) of the molecular crystal GeI/sub 4/. The /sup 129/I Quadrupole Interaction was the main probe for characterizing the intermolecular structural transformation with pressure. With increasing pressure, at about 15 GPAa, the onset of a partial molecular-association phase (HP1) is first observed. In HP1 two out of the four iodines strongly overlap to form linear chains of GeI/sub 4/. The HP1 phase coexists with the low pressure (LP) molecular phase, but its population increases with increasing pressure. At P /approx/20 GPa a second high pressure phase (HP2) is identified where all four iodines strongly overlap to form a three dimensional, fully molecular-associated structure. With increasing pressure and at P > 20 GPa, HP2 is the only phase up to P = 34 GPa, the highest pressure used. A significant hysteresis of the relative abundances with pressure is observed. The isomer shift of the HP2 and HP1 structures is considerably larger than that of the LP one. 11 refs., 3 figs.
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Pasternak, M.P. & Taylor, R.D.High pressure /sup 129/I Moessbauer studies of GeI/sub 4/ molecular crystals,
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