Comment on “Does the structural superionic phase transition at 231 °C in CsH2PO4 really not exist?” [J. Chem. Phys. 110, 4847 (1999)]

Single crystal and powder diffraction investigations have revealed that the paraelectric phase of cesium dihydrogen phosphate, CsH2PO4 (CDP), from the crystallographic point of view is stable (space group P21/m) up to ca. 231 °C. At this temperature a structural phase transition from the paraelectric phase to the superionic phase (space group Pm–3m) has been observed. The superionic phase of CDP is unstable under normal air condition due to dehydration process. Under H2O-saturated atmosphere the superionic phase transition of CDP takes place without decomposition and is reversible with a temperature hysteresis on cooling.