Abstract
Using the synchrotron radiation x-ray powder diffraction technique, the structure phase transition of Te has been investigated at pressure up to 330 GPa and at 298 K. The phase transition from the bcc (Te-V) to a new high-pressure phase (Te-VI) was found at 100 GPa and the structure of the new phase was suggested to be a superlattice of the fcc structure. The Te-VI phase further transformed to the fcc phase (Te-VII) at 255 GPa with disappearance of satellite peaks. Since for group 16 elements, it has been considered that the structure of the highest pressure phase is bcc, the present results provided new information about the high-pressure behaviour of these elements.
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