High-pressure crystallography of methane: A low-temperature neutron diffraction study in the 1-5GPa range

High Pressure Research

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 125-128

  Maynard, H E ^a   Loveday, J S ^a   Klotz, S ^b   Bull, C L ^a   Hansen, T C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PIERRE ET MARIE CURIE   (France)

^c INSTITUT LAUE LANGEVIN   (France)

Author keywords

High pressure; Methane; Structure

Indexed keywords

DEUTERATED METHANES; HIGH-PRESSURE; HIGH-PRESSURE STRUCTURES; ISOTOPIC EFFECTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPECTROSCOPIC CHANGES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; STRUCTURAL PHASE TRANSITION; STRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEUTERIUM; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; METHANE; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

PRESSURE EFFECTS;

EID: 68349112557     PISSN: 08957959     EISSN: 14772299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08957950802570459     Document Type: Conference Paper

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