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Electrogyration effect in the paraelectric phase of ferroelectric alums

Published/Copyright: August 25, 2010

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The electrogyration effect of four methylammonium alums and of ammonium iron alum in their paraelectric phase has been measured. In all methylammonium alums the electrogyration constant s123 obeys the CurieWeiss-law s123 = s123 (TT0)−1 + s123 with only small s123-values compared with s123. In contrast to the strong increase in these crystals, s123 diminishes in ammonium iron alum when the transition temperature is approached. Within the framework of the phenomenological theory of improper ferroelectrics in both kinds of compounds, the electrogyration effect can be described by a sum of two terms, one depending on polarization Pand the other on an intrinsic order parameter [unk], different from P. From dispersion behavior in methylammonium iron alum a less important influence of the trivalent cation on phase transition is concluded.

Published Online: 2010-8-25
Published in Print: 1979-2-1

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