Attenuation and velocity of acoustic waves have been revealed at ultrasonic frequencies (2, 5 and 10 MHz) in some glass-forming liquids. The mechanical response has been studied following continuously the materials from the liquid to the supercooled state, using an experimental set-up developed to this purpose. A peak in the attenuation of longitudinal acoustic waves has been observed in a temperature region in which the liquids are supercooled. Correspondingly, the sound velocity shows a dispersion, increasing from liquid-like to solid-like values for decreasing temperatures. Both features develop above the calorimetric glass transition temperature (7). In the deeply supercooled liquids, nearly 10 K above their calorimetric T., also the propagation of transverse wave sound (which is a characteristic behaviour of solid-like materials) has been experimentally detected. Shear and longitudinal relaxation times are not decoupled in the time-temperature region investigated. Compared to the mechanical one, the dielectric relaxation studied as a function of temperature at the same frequency of the ultrasonic experiments shows a loss peak centred at the same temperature. Depending on the liquid investigated, the mechanical relaxation spectrum can be broader than the dielectric one, specially in the low temperature flank, suggesting that some dissipative processes at lower energies can contribute to the mechanical loss, even though they do not couple to the electric probe field.

Mechanical relaxation in simple molecular liquids from the liquid to the supercooled state

CUTRONI, Maria;MANDANICI, Andrea
2004-01-01

Abstract

Attenuation and velocity of acoustic waves have been revealed at ultrasonic frequencies (2, 5 and 10 MHz) in some glass-forming liquids. The mechanical response has been studied following continuously the materials from the liquid to the supercooled state, using an experimental set-up developed to this purpose. A peak in the attenuation of longitudinal acoustic waves has been observed in a temperature region in which the liquids are supercooled. Correspondingly, the sound velocity shows a dispersion, increasing from liquid-like to solid-like values for decreasing temperatures. Both features develop above the calorimetric glass transition temperature (7). In the deeply supercooled liquids, nearly 10 K above their calorimetric T., also the propagation of transverse wave sound (which is a characteristic behaviour of solid-like materials) has been experimentally detected. Shear and longitudinal relaxation times are not decoupled in the time-temperature region investigated. Compared to the mechanical one, the dielectric relaxation studied as a function of temperature at the same frequency of the ultrasonic experiments shows a loss peak centred at the same temperature. Depending on the liquid investigated, the mechanical relaxation spectrum can be broader than the dielectric one, specially in the low temperature flank, suggesting that some dissipative processes at lower energies can contribute to the mechanical loss, even though they do not couple to the electric probe field.
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