Condensed (Ar)1-x(N2)x in a four rod capacitor

Abstract

A modification of the conventional capacitive dilatometer, a four-rod assembly, was used to measure the thermal density variations in (Ar)1-x(N2)x alloys with x=0.22, 0.71 and 1. The results are in favour of complete solid state miscibility, contrary to the recent findings of Yantsevich et al. (1986). The potential use of the four-rod capacitor as a device to detect molecular electric quadrupole relaxations at audio frequencies is discussed.