title: Communication: probable scenario of the liquid-liquid phase transition of SnI4.
abstract: We have shown from in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction measurements that there are two thermodynamically stable liquid forms of SnI(4), depending on the pressure. Based on the liquid-liquid critical point scenario, our recent measurements suggest that the second critical point, if it exists, may be located in a region close to the point at which the melting curve of the crystalline phase abruptly breaks. This region is, unlike that of water, experimentally accessible with relative ease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-8577, Japan. fuchizak@phys.sci.ehime-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fuchizaki
authors.forename: Nozomu
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hamaya
authors.forename: Takaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hase
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama