Publications in Scientific Journals:
P. Baloh, H. Grothe, K. Whitmore, S. F. Parker, B. Martín-Llorente, R. Escribano:
"Spectroscopic Investigation of Nitric Acid Monohydrate";
Molecular Physics (invited),
109
(2011),
17-18;
2083
- 2093.
English abstract:
Vibrational spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and electron microscopy have been applied to investigate the crystallization of concentrated amorphous nitric acid (0.5 ≤ x ≤ 0.95). Crystalline nitric acid monohydrate (HNO3·H2O) is the major hydrate phase detected together with traces of metastable nitric acid dihydrate (HNO3·2H2O) and pure crystalline nitric acid. Nitric acid tetratohydrate (4HNO3·H2O) was not achievable. The diffraction data show nitric acid monohydrate as a highly symmetrical structure, which bestows clearly laid out infrared, Raman and inelastic neutron scattering spectra. The low frequency region is still a matter of discussion since experiment and theory are not in accordance. The microscopic picture underlines the model character of nitric acid monohydrate, since the crystalline particles adopt a spherical shape, on various agglomeration stages, which minimizes the interference of scattering on the spectroscopic data.
"Official" electronic version of the publication (accessed through its Digital Object Identifier - DOI)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00268976.2011.593571
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