NMR studies of phase transition in ammonium hydrogen bischloroacetate, NH4H(CH2ClCOOO)2
Sundaram, CS and Shenoy, RK and Ramakrishna, J and Chandrasekhar, K and Sastry, VSS (1984) NMR studies of phase transition in ammonium hydrogen bischloroacetate, NH4H(CH2ClCOOO)2. In: Ferroelectrics, 61 (1). 233 -239.
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Proton second moment (M2) and spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) of Ammonium Hydrogen Bischloroacetate (ABCA) have been measured in the range 77-350 K. A value of 6.5 G2 has been observed for the second moment at room temperature, which is typical of NH4+ reorientation and also a second moment transition in the range 170-145 K indicates the freezing of NH4+ motion. The NMR signal disappears dicontinuously at 128 K. Proton spin-lattice relaxation time (T1) Vs temperature, yielded only one sharp miniumum of 1.9 msec which is again typical of NH4+ reorientation. A slope change at 250 K is also observed, prbably due to CH2 motion. Further, the FID signal disappears at 128 K. Thus the Tc appears to be 128 K (of two reported values 120 K and 128 K). Activation energies have been calculated and the mechanism of the phase transition is discussed.
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