Observation of Molecular Dissociation of Iodine at High Pressure by X-Ray Diffraction

K. Takemura, Shigeru Minomura, Osamu Shimomura, Y. Fujii

Physical Review Letters · 1980 · 161 citations · 12 references

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Abstract

Metallic iodine in the high-pressure phase above ${P}_{t}=21$ GPa is found to form a body-centered orthorhombic Bravais lattice. Hence, pressure-induced molecular dissociation takes place at ${P}_{t}$.

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