Vibrational and reorientational motions of H2O ligands, phase transition and thermal properties of [Sr(H2O)6]Cl2

- Phase transition was detected in [Sr(H2O)6]Cl2 using differential scanning calorimetry.
- Low frequency vibration detected by FT-IR, Raman and neutron scattering spectroscopes.
- Molecular reorientations in [Sr(H2O)6]Cl2 at phase transition studied by FT-IR.
- Thermal decomposition of [Sr(H2O)6]Cl2 was explored by thermogravimetric analysis.