The dual melting curves and metastability of carbon tetrachloride
- 1 June 1980
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 72 (11) , 5838-5841
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.439107
Abstract
Carbon tetrachloride has three known solid phases at atmospheric pressure: Ia (face-centered cubic), Ib (rhombohedral), and II (monoclinic). Both Ia and Ib melt directly at temperatures some 5 K apart. These phase changes have been traced as a function of hydrostatic pressure up to 350 MPa. Between atmospheric pressure and 100 MPa, CCl4 has dual melting curves; one for Ia, and a few degrees higher, one for Ib. The two curves diverge with increasing pressure. Above 100 MPa it was not possible to detect the Ia phase. There appears to be no Ia–Ib-liquid triple point. The metastability associated with these phases is discussed.Keywords
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