Influence of lattice imperfections on the transition temperatures of structural phase transitions: The plateau effect
- 1 June 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Phase Transitions
- Vol. 35 (2) , 61-74
- https://doi.org/10.1080/01411599108203423
Abstract
The influence of defects on the apparent phase transition temperature has been studied over a large range of defect concentrations. An interval was found for low concentrations (around 1 mol%) in which the transition temperature depends only weakly on the number of defects and where defect tails occur. This interval is called the plateau. For higher defect concentrations we find that chemical mixing leads to strong variations of the transition temperature which are well described in the approximation of a homogeneous crystal.Keywords
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