Dilatometric Investigations of Overcritical Behaviour in [N(C2H5)4]2CuCl4 Crystals
R. Poprawskia, A. Liberb and E. Małeka
a Institute of Physics, Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeze Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
b Computer Science Department, Wrocław University of Technology Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

Received: February 23, 2000

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The results of experimental investigation of thermal expansion of [N(C2H5)4]2CuCl4 crystals in a wide temperature range are presented. The anomaly of thermal deformation typical of first order phase transition at 258 K and additional continuous anomaly at 195 K were observed. It was shown that low temperature anomalies of physical properties of [N(C2H5)4]2CuCl4 crystals can be described as overcritical trace of isomorphous phase transitions. Results of numerical analysis of phenomenological model of improper ferroelastic exhibiting isomorphous phase transitions are presented and compared with experimentally determined temperature dependencies of spontaneous deformation of [N(C2H5)4]2Cu Cl4 crystals.
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.98.61
PACS numbers: 61.68.+n