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Evidence of a single‐ q incommensurate phase in quartz by synchrotron X‐ray diffraction
Author(s) -
Zarka A.,
Capelle B.,
Petit M.,
Dolino G.,
Bastie P.,
Berge B.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889887008197
Subject(s) - quartz , scattering , synchrotron , diffraction , neutron diffraction , phase (matter) , synchrotron radiation , condensed matter physics , neutron scattering , plane (geometry) , x ray , materials science , crystallography , optics , x ray crystallography , physics , chemistry , geometry , quantum mechanics , composite material , mathematics
X‐ray scattering is used to demonstrate the existence in quartz of an incommensurate phase with a single modulation when a uniaxial stress is applied in the X Y plane. Good agreement with earlier neutron scattering experiments is found.