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Low- and high-temperature structures of neopentylglycol plastic crystal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Dhanesh Chandra ,
Cynthia S. Day  and
Charles S. Barrett
Dhanesh Chandra
Affiliation:
Department of Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering, Mackay School of Mines, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89557
Cynthia S. Day
Affiliation:
Crystalytics Company, P.O. Box 82286, Lincoln, Nebraska 68501
Charles S. Barrett
Affiliation:
Department of Engineering, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80210
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Abstract

Plastic crystals, such as neopentylglycol, 2, 2-dimethyl-1,3-propanediol, that exhibit polymorphic behavior are emerging materials for thermal energy storage. The energy is stored isothermally in the γ phase, FCC, during solid-state phase transformations. This γ phase of NPG has been determined as an orientational disordered phase. The low temperature α phase structure, which is of great significance in the evaluation of lattice expansions and other parameters, was first determined in 1961. However, the reported unit cell dimensions and the intensities of the reflections led to erroneous indexing of the powder patterns in binary systems. The α phase structure is redetermined here as monoclinic, M= 104.15 amu, space group P21/n (an alternate setting of , space group No. 14), a = 5.979(1)Å, b= 10.876(2)Å, c=10.099(2)Å, β=99.78(1)°, V=647.2(2)Å3 at 20°(± 1)C, Dx= 1.069 g cm s−3 for Z=4. In this paper the redetermined structure of the α phase of NPG is presented in projections of the atomic positions, in tables, and in calculated powder pattern and these results are compared with those reported by others. The powder patterns obtained from the Bragg–Brentano diffractometer are compared with our calculated pattern from the single crystal data. The structural parameters of the high temperature phase of NPG as determined by a Guinier diffraction system are also reported.

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Research Article
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Powder Diffraction , Volume 8 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 109 - 117
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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