Abstract
We have measured the dielectric relaxation of the glass-former 1-propanol for temperatures between 65 and 350 K in the frequency range 10-2 to 2·1010 Hz and the photon correlation spectroscopy decays near Tg. Attributing the strong Debye-type process of 1-propanol to distinct -OH group effects leaves two faster processes related to the structural relaxation which can be identified as α-relaxation and Johari-Goldstein type β-relaxation characteristic of nonhydrogen-bonding supercooled liquids. From the temperature dependent relaxation times τ(T) regarding the three distinct loss peaks, we can specify an α-β-bifurcation temperature Tβ, which coincides with characteristic qualitative changes in the τ(T) behavior, as also observed for ortho-terphenyl and other glass-forming liquids. This assignment is confirmed by the correlation times derived from incoherent quasielastic light-scattering data obtained from the simultaneously measured photon-correlation spectroscopy.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1086-1093 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Journal of Chemical Physics |
| Volume | 107 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 22 1997 |
| Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry