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The elastic constants of Te(OH)6·2NH4H2PO4·(NH4)2HPO4, TAAP, point symmetrym, have been measured by ultrasonic resonance methods passing through the paraelectric-ferroelectric transition at ca. 320 K. In the range between 273 and 340 K the elasticity tensor exhibits only a slight anisotropy. No discontinuity of the elastic constants is observed. However, some temperature derivatives of the elastic constants show slight anomalies within the range 310 to 325 K. The strongest effect occurs with the longitudinal elastic resistancec 22. The thermal expansion which varies only slightly between 263 and 340 K, is highly anisotropic in contrast to the thermoelastic behaviour. A strong negative thermal expansion is observed in a direction within the mirror plane, ca. 45° apart from the direction of spontaneous polarization.
This effect is not accompanied by a corresponding thermoelastic anomaly. The interactions connected with the transition are of the totally symmetric type. Like many other properties the elastic and thermoelastic behaviour of TAAP resembles that of triglycine sulphate (TGS). Larger differences between TAAP and TGS are found in the pressure dependence of various properties. For example the pressure dependence of the transition temperatureT is negative for TAAP (−3.8 K/kbar) and positive for TGS (3.9 K/kbar).
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Dedicated to Prof. Dr. H.E. Müser on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Haussühl, S., Nicolau, Y.F. Elastic properties of monoclinic telluric acid ammonium phosphate, Te(OH)6·2NH4H2PO4·(NH4)2HPO4, near the paraelectric-ferroelectric transition. Z. Physik B - Condensed Matter 61, 85–88 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308947
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01308947