A high-resolution neutron powder diffraction investigation of galena (PbS) between 10 K and 350 K: No evidence for anomalies in the lattice parameters or atomic displacement parameters in galena or altaite (PbTe) at temperatures corresponding to the saturation of cation disorder

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 26, Issue 38, 2014, Pages

  Knight, K S ^a,b  

^a RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

altaite; crystal structure; galena; neutron powder diffraction; pair distribution function; PbS; PbTe

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFRACTION; LEAD; NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION; NEUTRONS; POSITIVE IONS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION; THERMAL EXPANSION;

ALTAITE; ATOMIC DISPLACEMENT PARAMETERS; GALENA; HIGH-RESOLUTION NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION; LINEAR THERMAL EXPANSION COEFFICIENTS; PAIR DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; PBTE; PHONON DENSITY OF STATE;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS;

EID: 84906961196     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/38/385403     Document Type: Article

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