AIP Advances (Nov 2018)

Raman high-pressure study of butane isomers up to 40 GPa

  • Daniil A. Kudryavtsev,
  • Vladimir G. Kutcherov,
  • Leonid S. Dubrovinsky

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5049481
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 11
pp. 115104 – 115104-15

Abstract

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Raman spectroscopy studies on n and i-butane were performed at pressures of up to 40 GPa at ambient temperatures using the DAC technique. Normal butane undergoes two phase transitions at 1.9(5) GPa and 2.9(5) GPa and isobutane at 2.7(5) GPa and 3.5(5) GPa. These phase transitions were identified based on observations of the splitting Raman modes and the appearance or disappearance of particular Raman peaks. Our results demonstrate the complex, high-pressure behavior of butane isomers.