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NQR study of the α-β ordering transition in solid nitrogen as a function of pressure

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The α-β phase boundary for solid nitrogen has been measured with high precision between zero and 3.32 kbar using nuclear quadrupole resonance to detect the transition. From an application of the Clapeyron-Clausius equation, the volume discontinuity at zero pressure is deduced to be 0.311±0.025 cm3/mole. The variation of the nuclear quadrupole resonance frequency along the phase boundary reveals that the transition occurs for a nearly constant value of the order parameter characterizing the molecular librations.

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  1. Department of Physics, The University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida

    J. R. Brookeman & T. A. Scott

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Research supported by National Science Foundation Grant GP 15324.

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Brookeman, J.R., Scott, T.A. NQR study of the α-β ordering transition in solid nitrogen as a function of pressure. J Low Temp Phys 12, 491–497 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00654952

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