displacive transition

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A transition in which a displacement of one or more kinds of atoms or ions in a crystal structure changes the lengths and/or directions of bonds, without severing the primary bonds. Examples: The transitions of the low-temperature polymorphs of SiO2 (quartz, tridymite and cristobalite) to their respective high-temperature polymorphs, which involve distortions or rotations of the SiO4 tetrahedra. Also @J03362@ and @F02348@.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 577. (Definitions of terms relating to phase transitions of the solid state (IUPAC Recommendations 1994)) on page 581 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'displacive transition' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 3rd ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2006. Online version 3.0.1, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01798 RIS BibTex EndNote
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