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Thermal expansion and Debye temperatures of KCl-KBr mixed crystals by an x-ray method

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The precision lattice parameters and the coefficients of thermal expansion of KCl, KBr, and their solid solutions have been determined as a function of temperature by an X-ray method using a high-temperature powder camera. From the X-ray diffractograms obtained at room temperature the Debye-Waller factors, Debye temperatures and the root mean square amplitudes of vibration of these mixed crystals have been evaluated. A linear relationship is obtained between the lattice parameter and the composition of the solid solution in accordance with Vegard's law. Both of the thermal parameters, the thermal expansion coefficient and the root mean square amplitude of thermal vibration, vary non-linearly with increasing mole percentage of KBr, the deviation from linearity being maximum around equimolar concentration. The composition dependence of these parameters is discussed in relation to a number of physical properties of these mixed crystals available in the literature.

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  1. Physics Department, University College of Technology, Osmania University, 500 007, Hyderabad, India

    Y. C. Venudhar

  2. Physics Department, University College of Engineering, Osmania University, 500 007, Hyderabad, India

    Leela Iyengar

  3. Institut de Physique, Université de Constantine, Constantine, Algeria

    K. V. Krishna Rao

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Venudhar, Y.C., Iyengar, L. & Krishna Rao, K.V. Thermal expansion and Debye temperatures of KCl-KBr mixed crystals by an x-ray method. J Mater Sci 21, 110–116 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01144707

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