The switchable phase transition of sodium sulfate crystals activated by shock waves
A. Sivakumar, S. Sahaya Jude Dhas, S. Sahaya Jude Dhas, P. Sivaprakash, Abdulrahman I. Almansour, Raju Suresh Kumar, Natarajan Arumugam, S. Arumugam, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas, S. A. Martin Britto Dhas
Abstract
A shock-wave-induced reversible phase-transformation from phase-V to phase-III of Na 2 SO 4 is achieved, and the results are evidenced via XRD and Raman spectroscopy.
Topics & Concepts
ChemistryRaman spectroscopyPhase (matter)Phase transitionShock waveTransformation (genetics)Shock (circulatory)SodiumSulfateCrystallographyInorganic chemistryCondensed matter physicsThermodynamicsOpticsOrganic chemistryGeneMedicineBiochemistryPhysicsInternal medicineHigh-pressure geophysics and materialsSolid-state spectroscopy and crystallographyPhotorefractive and Nonlinear Optics