Abstract

The structure of the HgTe0.85S0.15 ternary mercury compound was studied by neutron diffraction at high pressures of up to 40 kbar. A phase transition from the cubic (sphalerite-type) to the hexagonal (cinnabar-type) structure was established to occur with increasing pressure and to be accompanied by an abrupt change in the unit-cell volume and interatomic distances. The unit cell parameters, the positions of the Hg and Te/S atoms in the hexagonal cinnabar phase, and their pressure dependences were found.

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