Elastic properties of La0.82Ca0.18MnO3 single crystal

Abstract

The temperature dependences of the velocity of longitudinal sound waves and the internal friction in a La_0.82Ca_0.18MnO₃ single crystal with the Curie temperature T_C = 181 K have been studied. As temperature decreases, the single crystal is shown to undergo the transition from the pseudocubic O* to the Jahn–Teller O’ phase at T ~ 254 K and the reverse transition from O’ to O* phase at T ~ 84 K. The velocity of sound and the internal friction in the O’ phase are found to be significantly smaller than those in the O* phase.