Phase transition during uniaxial compression
Abstract
An experimental study was conducted to investigate the possibility of a first-order isostructural phase transition during the uniaxial compression of single crystals of Sm(1-x)Gd(x)S solid solutions (x = 0.15). The compression of the samples was carried out along the longest dimension corresponding to the 100 crystallographic direction. A change in the color of samples from black to golden yellow and a discontinuity in electrical conductivity were observed. When the pressure was removed the inverse transition did not occur.
- Publication:
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Technical Physics Letters
- Pub Date:
- May 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983TePhL...9..269K