The structure of molten zinc chloride
- 10 August 1981
- journal article
- Published by IOP Publishing in Journal of Physics C: Solid State Physics
- Vol. 14 (22) , 3129-3136
- https://doi.org/10.1088/0022-3719/14/22/008
Abstract
The structure of molten ZnCl2 has been investigated by applying the technique of neutron diffraction to isotopically enriched samples. The three partial structure factors relating to Zn-Zn, Cl-Cl and Zn-Cl correlations have been successfully extracted from the experimental data. It is concluded that the correct structural description of the melt is in terms of Zn2+ and Cl- ions rather than the range of complex ionic species which have earlier been proposed. It is further shown that specific chemical bonding effects associated with the Zn-Cl interaction make a very minor contribution to the structure.Keywords
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