High-pressure X-ray-diffraction study of α-AlPO4

Sharma, Surinder M. ; Garg, Nandini ; Sikka, S. K. (2000) High-pressure X-ray-diffraction study of α-AlPO4 Physical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, 62 (13). pp. 8824-8827. ISSN 1098-0121

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Official URL: http://prb.aps.org/abstract/PRB/v62/i13/p8824_1

Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.8824

Abstract

Our high-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments on berlinite AlPO4(α-AlPO4) show that it transforms to a crystalline Cmcm phase beyond 13 GPa. The persistence of diffraction pattern up to 40 GPa does not confirm the previous conclusions of high-pressure amorphization of AlPO4 around 12-18 GPa. Our experimental results, in agreement with earlier Raman scattering results, suggest that the so called memory glass effect observed earlier may in fact be due to the reversibility of α-phase Cmcm phase transformation. These new experimental observations raise serious doubts about the theoretical understanding of the high-pressure behavior of α-AlPO4.

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