Abstract
The accurate measurement of optical birefringence at simultaneous high pressures and temperatures using a diamond-anvil pressure cell is described. Data are presented for BiVO4 which show that the optical birefringence may be described by mean-field behaviour. An applied hydrostatic pressure of only 8 × 108 Pa reduces the mean-field temperature of the ferroelastic monoclinic tetragonal phase transition from 519.7 to 393 K. A birefringence–pressure–temperature phase diagram is presented.
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