Phonon properties and structural phase transition of negative thermal expansion material, ZrW
2O
8, were investigated from a thermodynamic point of view. Calorimetric investigation revealed that the phase transition involved the correlated orientational disordering of WO
4 units. In the ZrW
2O
8,-based solid solutions, the substitution effects on the phase transition were classified into two types. Spectrum analysis of heat capacity provided the phonon density of states of ZrW
2O
8, and HfW
2O
8, showing characteristic features of negative thermal expansion materials.
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