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Raman scattering studies on n-heptane under high pressure.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16640435     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
High-pressure Raman scattering studies at ambient temperature are performed on n-heptane. We observe a liquid-solid transition around 1.5 GPa from the changes in the Raman spectra. This has been reported in earlier works. With increasing pressure, we observe large changes in the Raman modes and the spectra show a distinct change around 7.5 GPa. This marks the solid-solid transition at 7.5 GPa observed in n-heptane for the first time. As predicted in theoretical work, we observe dampening of methyl rotation in n-heptane below 7.5 GPa. With increase in pressure above 7.5 GPa we observe a definitive conversion of gauche to trans conformation in the solid phase. Upon release of pressure we do not observe any hysteresis, which suggests that the solid-solid transition takes place with no volume change or is a second-order transition. In this paper we propose this transition to be an orientational order-disorder transition driven by the dampening of the rotation of the methyl group.
Authors:
G Kavitha; Chandrabhas Narayana
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  The journal of physical chemistry. B     Volume:  110     ISSN:  1520-6106     ISO Abbreviation:  J Phys Chem B     Publication Date:  2006 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2006-04-27     Completed Date:  2007-07-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101157530     Medline TA:  J Phys Chem B     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  8777-81     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Chemistry and Physics of Material Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Jakkur P.O., Bangalore 560 064, India.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Heptanes / chemistry*
Lasers
Light
Pressure
Reference Standards
Scattering, Radiation
Sensitivity and Specificity
Spectrum Analysis, Raman / methods*,  standards
Vibration
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Heptanes; 142-82-5/n-heptane

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