Amorphous sulfur （a-S） is prepared by rapidly compressing molten sulfur to high pressure. From differential scanning calorimeter measurements, a large exothermic peak has been observed around 396K. Online wide-angle...Amorphous sulfur （a-S） is prepared by rapidly compressing molten sulfur to high pressure. From differential scanning calorimeter measurements, a large exothermic peak has been observed around 396K. Online wide-angled x-ray scattering spectra indicate that no crystallization occurs in the temperature range 295-453K, suggesting that the exothermal process corresponds to an amorphous-to-amorphous transition. The transition from amor- phous sulfur to liquid sulfur is further verified by the direct observation of sulfur melt at the temperature of the associated transition. This is the first time of reporting that a-S transforms to liquid sulfur directly, which has avoided a crystallization process. What is more, the transition is an exothermic and a volume expansion process.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos 11004163, 51033004 and 11174237, the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No SWJTU12CX083.
文摘Amorphous sulfur （a-S） is prepared by rapidly compressing molten sulfur to high pressure. From differential scanning calorimeter measurements, a large exothermic peak has been observed around 396K. Online wide-angled x-ray scattering spectra indicate that no crystallization occurs in the temperature range 295-453K, suggesting that the exothermal process corresponds to an amorphous-to-amorphous transition. The transition from amor- phous sulfur to liquid sulfur is further verified by the direct observation of sulfur melt at the temperature of the associated transition. This is the first time of reporting that a-S transforms to liquid sulfur directly, which has avoided a crystallization process. What is more, the transition is an exothermic and a volume expansion process.
