Compressibility of cubic white, orthorhombic black, rhombohedral black, and simple cubic black phosphorus

S. M. Clark, J. M. Zaug

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Abstract

The effect of pressure on the crystal structure of white phosphorus has been studied up to 22.4 GPa. The α phase was found to transform into the α′ phase at 0.87±0.04 GPa with a volume change in 0.1±0.3 cc/mol. A fit of a second-order Birch-Murnaghan equation to the data gave Vo =16.94±0.08 cc/mol and Ko =6.7±0.5 GPa for the α phase and Vo =16.4±0.1 cc/mol and Ko =9.1±0.3 GPa for the α′ phase. The α′ phase was found to transform to the A17 phase of black phosphorus at 2.68±0.34 GPa and then with increasing pressure to the A7 and then simple cubic phase of black phosphorus. A fit of a second-order Birch-Murnaghan equation to our data combined with previous measurements gave Vo =11.43±0.05 cc/mol and Ko =34.7±0.5 GPa for the A17 phase, Vo =9.62±0.01 cc/mol and Ko =65.0±0.6 GPa for the A7 phase and, Vo =9.23±0.01 cc/mol and Ko =72.5±0.3 GPa for the simple cubic phase.

Original languageEnglish
Article number134111
Pages (from-to)1-6
Number of pages6
JournalPhysical Review B: Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume82
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 14 Oct 2010
Externally publishedYes

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