Disrupting structural correlations in the Na-Ca-NH3 system

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Na or Ca, when dissolved in ammonia, yield metallic liquids. These liquids are fully miscible and yet each possesses a different intermediate-range order depending on the parent metal. Ca is a 'structure forming' core in Ca-NH3, possessing a sharply defined pre-peak in its structure factor. Na, on the other hand, is not and possesses no pre-peak until the highest possible concentrations of metal. This is surprising considering the similar cationic radii of Na+ and Ca2+, and the picture of the metal-ammonia solutions as core-like cations with a vast majority of the conduction electron density residing several angstroms from these cores. This study aims to determine the effect of being a tertiary system on intermediate-range structural correlations in Na-Ca-NH3, as dependant on the metal concentration and the concentration of conduction electrons.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.98001203
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/98001203
Provenance
Creator Mr Thomas Nicholas; Dr Neal Skipper; Dr Andrew Seel; Dr Tom Headen; Dr Chris Howard
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2018-09-18T08:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-09-28T11:59:21Z