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The Semi-Conductor ⇌ Metal Transition in Tin

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

R.W. Smith  and
F. Vnuk
R.W. Smith
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
F. Vnuk
Affiliation:
Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, Canada K7L 3N6
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Abstract

It is well known that silicon, germanium and other diamond-cubic semi-conductors may transform to a metal when a pressure of the order of 100 kilobars is applied. This renders the detailed study of the transformation experimentally difficult. Grey tin transforms to the more common (white) metal allotrope at room temperature and pressure and so provides a means of studying readily this type of transformation. This paper describes the influence of pressure on the transformation characteristics of tin and dilute tin-germanium alloys.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 21: Symposium GREECE – Phase Transformations in Solids , 1983 , 795
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1984

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