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X-ray structural and polarization optical investigations have been performed, and birefringence and rotation angles of the optical indicatrix φ b and φ c of the K2WO2F4 · H2O crystal have been measured in the temperature range of 100–600 K. The structure and symmetry of compounds at room temperature have been refined. It has been established that the layered crystal K2WO2F4 · H2O can exist in two states (A and B) depending on the atmospheric humidity and undergoes the sequence of reversible and irreversible phase transformations G 3 ↔ G 2 → G 1 → G 0. The sequences of changes in the phase symmetry P \(\bar 1\) ↔ C2/m → P4/nmm for samples A and m ↔ C2/m → P4/nmm for samples B have been found. The second-order proper ferroelastic phase transition (P \(\bar 1\) ↔ C2/m) at T 03 = 270–290 K (G 3 ↔ G 2) is accompanied by twinning and appearance of the shift deformation x 6. The crystal system of the substance for the B crystals remains invariable after the second-order phase transition G 3 ↔ G 2. The irreversible first-order phase transition G 2 → G 1 occurs in a temperature range T 02 ≈ 350–380 K; it is accompanied by the loss of the crystallization water, which then is reduced easily from the atmosphere for a day. The substance decomposes at T 01 ≈ 510 K (G 1 → G 0). The distinction between the A and B crystals has been explained by the presence or absence of free water in interlayer spacings.
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Original Russian Text © S.V. Melnikova, A.D. Vasilev, A.G. Kocharova, 2011, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2011, Vol. 53, No. 12, pp. 2312–2317.
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Melnikova, S.V., Vasilev, A.D. & Kocharova, A.G. The role of structural and nonstructural water in oxyfluoride K2WO2F4 · H2O. Phys. Solid State 53, 2435–2440 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783411120146
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