Dilatometric and Dielectric Studies of an Incommensurate Transition in Quartz

Abstract

Dielectric and dilatometric measurements were carried out to study the intermediate incommensurate phase of quartz crystal, which is stabilized between the α- and the β-phases. Anomalies associated with the transitions from the high temperature β-phase to the incommensurate phase and then to the α-phase were observed.