NQR and Phase Transitions in Hexachlorocyclopropane Crystal
1990 ◽
Vol 45
(3-4)
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pp. 339-342
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Abstract35Cl NQR and DSC studies on phase transitions in hexachlorocyclopropane (HCCP), C3Cl6 , are reported. It is found that HCCP has three solid phases: A high temperature disordered phase (Phase I) above 301 K (no NQR spectrum was observed); a metastable phase (Phase II), which exhibited 6 NQR lines from 77 to 270 K; a low temperature phase (Phase III) in which a 24-multiplet of 35Cl NQR lines at 77 K, the most complex multiplet spectrum ever reported was observed. DSC measurement shows a A-type transition at 301 K and a broad transition of very slow rate at 285 K. The structure and mechanism of phase transitions in HCCP crystal are discussed.