Lanthanide-containing zirconotitanate solid solutions

Shara S. Shoup, Carlos E. Bamberger, Jennifer L. Tyree, Lawrence M. Anovitz

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Abstract

Solid solutions between several lanthanide-containing dititanate and dizirconate compounds have been synthesized and identified using X-ray diffraction (XRD). Complete solubility was found in the pyrochlore-pyrochlore-type systems Er2Ti2O7-Nd2Zr2O 7 and Nd1.2Er0.8Ti2O7-Nd 2Zr2O7. Some solubility of Nd2Ti2O7, a monoclinic dititanate, in defect fluorite Er2Zr2O7 was observed, and it was determined that there is some solubility of Nd2Ti2O7 in pyrochlore-type Nd2Zr2O7. The systems Nd2Zr2O7-TiO2 and Nd2Ti2O7-ZrO2 also were investigated to help define a region of pyrochlore solid solution formation in the system NdO1.5-TiO2-ZrO2. Additionally, attempts were made to synthesize pyrochlore-type solid solutions between Ce2Ti2O7 and Ce2Zr2O7 and to substitute titanium with zirconium in the perovskite-type phases SrNd2Ti4O12 and Sr2Ce2Ti5O16.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)231-239
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume127
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 1996

Funding

This research was supported by the Division of Materials Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, under Contract DE-AC05–96OR22464 and performed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory managed by Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation. S.S.S. is grateful for the support by the Division of Chemical Sciences, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, U.S. Department of Energy, under Grant DE-FG05–88ER13865 to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

FundersFunder number
Division of Chemical SciencesDE-FG05–88ER13865
Office of Basic Energy Sciences
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC05–96OR22464
Lockheed Martin Corporation
University of Tennessee
Division of Materials Sciences and Engineering

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