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Field-cooling experiments on the quadrupolar-glass state of (KBr)0.47(KCN)0.53

J. HessingerK. Knorr

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chemistry.chemical_classificationMaterials scienceField coolingSpin glassCyanideAnalytical chemistryTime decayGeneral Physics and AstronomyhumanitiesPhysics::History of PhysicsCondensed Matter::Soft Condensed Matterchemistry.chemical_compoundNuclear magnetic resonancechemistryShear stressInorganic compound

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The shear strain of a mixed cyanide crystal has been measured under field-cooling conditions. The time decay after field removal follows a Kohlrausch-Williams-Watts law. The results are analogous to spin glasses, except that residual permanent strains can be frozen-in.

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.65.2674