Abstract
The measured temperature dependence of the dielectric constant and pyroelectric coefficient in Fel, CuCl and Mnl boracites are analyzed according to the thermodynamic model advanced by Dvorak and Petzelt and by Gufan and Sakhnenko for the ferroelectric cubic-orthorhombic phase transition. A simplified form of their thermodynamic potential yields acceptable fits to the data over a large temperature interval. The values of the parameters obtained from the fits, however, are not consistent with the usual systematic neglect of high-order terms in the potential.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 467-470 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Ferroelectrics |
Volume | 36 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1981 |
Externally published | Yes |