Polymorphic states investigations in thermal conductivity of 1-fluoroadamantane

The temperature dependencies of the thermal conductivity coefficient, κ(T), in 1-fluoroadamantane were investigated for two different orientationally-disordered states. In the first one, κ(T) exhibits a crystalline character with a typical maximum and two anomalous regions marked at higher temperatures. Here, the low-temperature power-law dependence is reduced due to a relatively large contribution of dislocations and defects in the polycrystalline sample. Above 196 K, there is an anomalous plateau in thermal conductivity resulting from the presence of an intermediate centrosymmetric state. Further, a significant increase in κ occurs above 234 K, resulting from a phase transition to a high-temperature disordered cubic phase. Subsequent cooling of the sample leads to an irreversible transition towards a disordered state resulting in a κ(T) dependence corresponding to an amorphous material behavior. The primary anomaly at 196 K disappears, while the second one associated with the phase transition at 227 K shifts towards lower temperatures. The irreversibility of this transformation is also verified by scanning microscopy images. Thermal conductivity in both phases has an additional contribution of an Arrhenius type in their temperature dependences.