The 79-81Br NQR spectra of tribromocadmates with the cations K®, NH®, Rb®, Cs®, CH,NH®, (CH3)2NH®, (CH3)4N®, H2NNH®, and C(NH2)f were studied as functions of temperature from 77 K on up to T>300 K. CsCdBr3 shows a singlet 81 Br NQR spectrum over the whole temperature range studied.[CH3NH3]CdBr3, with one 81Br NQR line spectrum at room temperature, experi ences a phase transition at 167 K; below this temperature an 18-line spectrum is observed. In [(CH3)4N]CdBr3 (phase II), at 290 K, a singlet 81Br NQR is present as is in the high temperature phase I (Tu , = 390 K); the low temperature phase III (T" ", = 160 K has a triplet 81Br NQR spec trum. KCdBr3 shows an 81 Br NQR doublet spectrum, as do Three types of anion chains of CdBr3 have been observed: Single octahedral chains, face con nected; double octahedral chains, edge connected; a trigonal-bipyramidal chain, edge connected. The relation between the crystal structure and the Br NQR is discussed.
IntroductionMany solids with the composition ABX3 crystallize in their high temperature phase with the structure of the Perovskite, CaTi03, space group 0^-Pm3m, number of formula units in the unit cell Z = l. The atom A is located at the corners of the cubic unit cell (0, 0, 0), B is at the center of the cell and X at the centers of the cube faces 0 ; 0 , 0, The main feature of the crystal structure is the threedimensional network of corner sharing octahedra BX6. Such an arrangement is not a very stable one and therefore the Perovskite type structures often ex-* Permanent address: Physics Department, Osmania Uni versity, Hyderabad-500 007, India. Reprint requests to Prof. Dr. Al. Weiss, Institut für Physika lische Chemie, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Petersenstraße 20, W-6100 Darmstadt, FRG. perience phase transitions, whereby the symmetry of the lattice is lowered and the three-dimensional net of octahedra is changing to two-dimensional connec tions, planes of octahedra, or to one-dimensional chains of octahedra. The oxides AB03 have been treated in numerous investigations within the last 40 years, mainly because of their interesting dielectric properties (ferroelectric phases).Also with X = halogen, a good number of solid phases ABX3, belonging to the class of Perovskites, have been described in literature. As for A and B, the group is more restricted than the family of oxide Perovskites because A = A1 and B = B11. On the other hand X may be F, CI, Br, and I, B may be Zn", Cd", Hg, Ge", Sn", Pb1'.In the course of investigations of the structure and bonding of hexahalogeno complexes, we have studied by 79-81 Br nuclear quadrupole resonance, NQR, some 0932-0784 / 91 / 1100-1063 $ 01.30/0. -Please order a reprint rather than making your own copy.