Abstract
Black phosphorus undergoes two reversible structural transitions at high pressures. The first is to a structure of the type arsenic A7. This structure is transformed to a simple cubic structure at higher pressures. The reversibility between the A7 and simple cubic structures at 111 kilobars indicates that the transition obtainable at this pressure provides a good calibration point by which high-pressure x-ray data may be united with volumetric or resistance measurements, or both.
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Black phosphorusArsenicPhosphorusCrystal structureMaterials scienceCrystallographyStructure typeHigh pressureChemistryThermodynamicsMetallurgyPhysics
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- 1963
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- 139
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- 3561
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- 1291-1292
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- 333
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John C. Jamieson
(1963).
Crystal Structures Adopted by Black Phosphorus at High Pressures.
Science
, 139
(3561)
, 1291-1292.
https://doi.org/10.1126/science.139.3561.1291
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- DOI
- 10.1126/science.139.3561.1291