Liquid indium's structure was studied at 280, 390, 550, 650, and 750 deg Crespectively by using an elevated temperature X-ray diffractometer, and its radial distributionfunction (RDF) at different temperatures was...Liquid indium's structure was studied at 280, 390, 550, 650, and 750 deg Crespectively by using an elevated temperature X-ray diffractometer, and its radial distributionfunction (RDF) at different temperatures was decomposed into 4 Gaussian peaks in the range of0.2-0.6nm. Positions of the decomposed Gaussian peaks were compared with the nearest and the secondnearest neighbor atomic distances, respectively. It is shown that the position of the firstdecomposed Gaussian peak is similar to the nearest neighbor atomic distance in liquid In at thecorresponding temperature, and that of the third decomposed Gaussian peak is similar to the secondnearest neighbor atomic distance. Moreover, the first and the third Gaussian peaks correspond to thefirst and the second atom shells of liquid In at the corresponding temperatures, respectively.Therefore, the position and the area of Gaussian peaks can represent the position and atom number ofcorresponding shells. Based on this result, short-range structural changes in liquid In wasstudied. It was found that the first and the second shells are close to the referred atom, and theatom number at the shells decreases with the increasing temperature from 280 to 750 deg C. Indifferent ranges of temperature, structural changes in the first and the second shells showdifferent features.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No. 50071028) and Shandong Natural Scien
文摘Liquid indium's structure was studied at 280, 390, 550, 650, and 750 deg Crespectively by using an elevated temperature X-ray diffractometer, and its radial distributionfunction (RDF) at different temperatures was decomposed into 4 Gaussian peaks in the range of0.2-0.6nm. Positions of the decomposed Gaussian peaks were compared with the nearest and the secondnearest neighbor atomic distances, respectively. It is shown that the position of the firstdecomposed Gaussian peak is similar to the nearest neighbor atomic distance in liquid In at thecorresponding temperature, and that of the third decomposed Gaussian peak is similar to the secondnearest neighbor atomic distance. Moreover, the first and the third Gaussian peaks correspond to thefirst and the second atom shells of liquid In at the corresponding temperatures, respectively.Therefore, the position and the area of Gaussian peaks can represent the position and atom number ofcorresponding shells. Based on this result, short-range structural changes in liquid In wasstudied. It was found that the first and the second shells are close to the referred atom, and theatom number at the shells decreases with the increasing temperature from 280 to 750 deg C. Indifferent ranges of temperature, structural changes in the first and the second shells showdifferent features.
