High pressure X-ray diffraction study of potassium azide

Cheng Ji; Fuxiang Zhang; Dongbin Hou; Hongyang Zhu; Jianzhe Wu; Ming Chien Chyu; Valery I. Levitas; Yanzhang Ma

doi:10.1016/j.jpcs.2011.03.005

High pressure X-ray diffraction study of potassium azide

Cheng Ji, Fuxiang Zhang, Dongbin Hou, Hongyang Zhu, Jianzhe Wu, Ming Chien Chyu, Valery I. Levitas, Yanzhang Ma

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Abstract

Crystal structure and compressibility of potassium azide was investigated by in-situ synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction in a diamond anvil cell at room temperature up to 37.7 GPa. In the body-centered tetragonal (bct) phase, an anisotropic compressibility was observed with greater compressibility in the direction perpendicular to the plane containing N₃^- ions than directions within that plane. The bulk modulus of the bct phase was determined to be 18.6(7) GPa. A pressure-induced phase transition may occur at 15.5 GPa.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	736-739
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Volume	72
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpcs.2011.03.005
State	Published - Jun 2011

Keywords

Anisotropic compressibility
Diamond anvil cell
Phase transition
Synchrotron X-ray diffraction

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