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NH3 dynamics in Zn(NH3)4I2 and Zn(NH3)4Br2 investigated by incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering

Felix AltorferRalf Essmann

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PhysicsArrhenius equationQuasielastic scatteringSpectrometerAnalytical chemistryActivation energyAtmospheric temperature rangeCondensed Matter PhysicsElectronic Optical and Magnetic MaterialsNuclear physicssymbols.namesakeQuasielastic neutron scatteringsymbolsElectrical and Electronic EngineeringFermi Gamma-ray Space TelescopeLine (formation)

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We report on studies of NH3 dynamics in Zn(NH3)4I2 and Zn(NH3)4Br2 by means of incoherent quasielastic neutron scattering in the temperature range from 150 to 300 K. Quasielastic experiments were carried out on the Fermi chopper time-of-flight spectrometer at NIST. The Lorentzian full-widths at half-maximum, ƒw, of the quasielastic line follow an Arrhenius law and increase from 0.39 [0.25] meV at 150 K to 1.33 [0.80] meV at 300 K. We find an activation energy Ea for the NH3 reorientations of 32(1) and 30(3) meV for Zn(NH3)4I2 and Zn(NH3)4Br2, respectively.

https://doi.org/10.1016/s0921-4526(96)00879-4