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A new chemical compound, (NH4)2KWO3F3, was synthesized. The Rietveld-refined crystal structure was found to be cubic at room temperature and to belong to the elpasolite family (space group \(Fm\bar 3m\)). The heat capacity and unit cell parameters were studied within a broad temperature range. A second-order phase transition was found to occur at 235.4 K and to be well described in terms of phenomenological theory. Hydrostatic pressure broadens the temperature interval of stability of the cubic phase (dT0/dp = −10.8 K GPa−1). A possible model of structural ordering based on a comparison of the entropy parameters and electron density distribution in oxygen and fluorine atoms is discussed.
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Flerov, I.N., Gorev, M.V., Fokina, V.D. et al. Structural phase transition in elpasolite-like (NH4)2KWO3F3 . Phys. Solid State 48, 106–112 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783406010215
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