a European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Institute for Transuranium Elements, Postfach 2340, D-76125, Karlsruhe, Germany
b Laboratorium für Festkörperphysik, ETH, Hönggerberg, CH-8093, Zürich, Switzerland
Abstract:
The high pressure behaviour of TmTe and of EuO have been investigated up to pressures of 49 and 63 GPa respectively, using the energy dispersive X-ray diffraction technique and synchrotron radiation. TmTe shows a phase transformation at 8 GPa to a possible tetragonal structure. Above 35 GPa this structure undergoes a further distortion. EuO shows a normal compressibility curve leading up to an NaCl to CsCl type phase transition beginning at 47 GPa.