An arsenic-75 nuclear quadrupole resonance study of α and β As4S3

The nuclear quadrupole resonance frequencies of 75As in the α and β forms of As4S3 have been measured at 77, 195, and 293 K. The frequencies at 77 K were: α phase 64.87 65.94 79.56 MHz β phase 65.42 67.16 79.65 MHz An analysis is presented in terms of Townes-Dailey theory and of the temperature dependence in terms of Bayer-Brown theory. The differences in frequencies of the α and β forms were attributed to the effect of electrostatic field gradients, estimated by lattice sums. Allowance must be made for the thermal expansion of the lattice to obtain a consistent interpretation.