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Crystals of (Rb0.1(NH4)0.9)2SO4 solid solutions are studied using x-ray diffractometry. It is revealed that the temperature dependence of the lattice parameter a exhibits an anomalous behavior, namely, the “invar effect” at temperatures above the ferroelectric phase transition point T c and an anomalous increase in the temperature range from T c to the liquid-helium temperature. An anomalous increase in the lattice parameter a and an increase in the intensity of Bragg reflections with a decrease in the temperature are interpreted within the model of the coexistence of two sublattices hypothetically responsible for the ferroelectric phase transition. A series of superstructure reflections observed along the basis axes corresponds to a sublattice formed in the matrix of the host structure. Analysis of the ratio between the lattice parameters of these structures allows the inference that, in the temperature range 4.2–300 K, the structure of the crystal under investigation can be considered an incommensurate single-crystal composite.
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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 44, No. 11, 2002, pp. 2069–2074.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2002 by Shmyt’ko, Afonikova, Torgashev.
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Shmyt’ko, I.M., Afonikova, N.S. & Torgashev, V.I. Anomalous states of the crystal structure of (Rb0.1(NH4)0.9)2SO4 solid solutions in the temperature range 4.2–300 K. Phys. Solid State 44, 2165–2170 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1521474
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