Structural analysis of molten LiBr

Abstract

The structure of molten LiBr has been studied by X-ray diffraction analysis and compared with that generated by computer simulation. The position of the first peak in the correlation function g(r) was found to be 0.265 nm by experiment; this value is slightly higher than that obtained by computer simulation (0.24 nm). The coordination number of the first nearest-neighbour was 3.8, which is in good agreement with the value estimated from Furukawa's relationship.