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To compare and contrast between the two given crystal structures, we must first
understand what they are. According to the article, the crystal are heated at
different temperatures ranging from 294K 1073K, by a heating method
commonly known as Neutron Powder Diffraction. This is to say that at low
temperatures, the crystal has a structure that is -FePO4, and -FePO4 at higher
temperatures. The exact temperature that differentiates them both is at 980K. At
the alpha phase (), its volume and cell parameters are similar to the
temperature. To further explain, it means that if the temperature rises, the
volume and cell parameters will increase also. However, they do not increase in
the same scalar. For volume to increase (a.k.a. thermal expansion), the changes
of 2 symmetrical independent intertetrahedral Fe-O-P are the cause for the
gawky disparities. On the other hand, the distance between each Fe-O-P
molecules during tetrahedral stage has an opposite relationship with
temperature, and this is somewhat the same behaviour in the distance of Si-O in
alpha molecules. This is because of the cumulative distortion that goes with
increasing temperature during the high-amplitude and low-energy vibrations.
During transition phase of the alpha to beta () period, the temperature depends
on the tilt angle. In a nutshell, the characteristics of FePO4 do not follow the
characteristics of other alpha-quartz homeotypes, as the angle starts to decrease
rapidly than normal quartz.
(Hmmm this is all I could write for this paragraph I tried my best to explain as
detailed as possible already.. Hope you guys wont penalise me for the length of
this paragraph!)

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Previously Ive stated that the transition temperature between alpha and beta is
at 980k. So from 294K till 980k, the structure of FePO4 is still in alpha
characteristics. They appear to be a three-sided compound, with Fe at one end, P
at the other end, and lastly, O at the 3 rd end. Well, when relating the alpha
compound to the beta compound, the two of them have precisely the same
symmetry look (please refer to figure 1). On the other hand, 980k all the way till
1073k temperature, the beta structure is also the same as alpha, meaning that
its also three sided, and Fe at one end, P and the other, and O at the 3 rd end. As
seen in figure 1, we can infer that the tilt angles are in a decreasing fashion as
the temperature increase. This is to say that they are inversely proportionate to
each other.

Figure 1: Symmetry between alpha and beta phase of FePO4

To elaborate further, during the beta phase, the distance between the bonds and
the tilting angle wont change MUCH with temperature. This is to say that when
the distance between bonds in the beta phase is bigger, there will be larger
discrepancies of dynamic disorder. Also, the alpha to beta transition is closely
proportionate to the tiling angle. As said in paragraph 1, the tilting angles are
taken from the average individual tilt angles; it uses the coordinates of the points
where O1 and O2 reside in, in FePO4 structure. Therefore, when the tilting angles
of FePO4 increases, the differences of the structure integrity is the same as when
its in its alpha phase. Last point to take note is that, the structure does not
expand when the temperature increase. In a nutshell, all the characteristics Ive
mentioned above in this paragraph is all the characteristics that will show when
its in beta structure.
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Talking about FePO4, its structure can be simplified into two parts. The first part
is Fe4, and the second part is PO4, known as tetrahedrons. The growing process
of this chemical structure was experimented using the neutron powder diffraction
method, mentioned in paragraph 1, which uses the temperature ranging from
294K all the way to 1073K. The tetrahedral tilting angle, coupled with the
bridging angle are the contributing factor to create distortion of the tetrahedral
structures. To reiterate, the distance between each bond changes also contribute
to the tetrahedral distortion when the temperature increases. However, coming
back to the real life, it is more appropriate to view the tetrahedrons as an
unyielding structure as the tilting angle is the main factor contributing to the
distortion. So in real life, the tilting angle will not change UNLESS in special
circumstances. Therefore, the changes in the tetrahedrons are so minute that we
do not consider them as changes. Moving on to another topic, for the FePO4
quartz structure, the volume and cell parameters during the alpha phase is set to
increase in a non-linearly fashion as compared to temperature. The MAIN
determinant factor to the increasing size of the structure during increasing
temperature is actually from the gawky disparities by the changes of tilting and
bridging angles of the two symmetrical intertetrahedral FeOP. We can refer back
to figure 1 above, to compare and contrast both the tilting angles and the
bridging angles. In a nutshell, we can safely say that FePO4 greatly depends on

the level of temperature at that point of time. Moving on, during the alpha to
beta transition phase, the atomic placings and cell parameters of the alpha state
often lean toward the data found for beta state. And it shows intermittent
movements at the first transition during 980K temperature. This state also shows
the disparity changes of the length of each distance between each bond and the
both tilting and bridging angles. To sum it all up, the temperature constancy of
the said intertetrahedral angles are relatively lesser than any other alpha-quartz
isotope. Therefore, the alpha-beta transition of this FePO4 compound can be
related to an ever-changing instability.

Thank you for reviewing my writing exercise! Sorry for the broken sentences /
English. Ive tried my best

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