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Title: New quenched-in fluorite-type materials in the Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3}-La{sub 2}O{sub 3}-PbO system: Synthesis and complex phase behaviour up to 750 {sup o}C

Journal Article · · Materials Research Bulletin
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  1. School of Biomedical, Biomolecular and Chemical Sciences, M313, The University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009 (Australia)
  2. School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)

Research highlights: {yields} New quenched-in fluorite-type materials synthesised by solid state reaction. {yields} Compositions (BiO{sub 1.5}){sub 0.94-x}(LaO{sub 1.5}){sub 0.06}(PbO){sub x}, x = 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05. {yields} Variable-temperature X-ray diffraction data collected in the range of 400-750 {sup o}C. {yields} Fluorite-type structure transforms during heating, complex phase behaviour characterised. {yields} Tetragonal, monoclinic, rhombohedral and bcc phases identified. -- Abstract: New quenched-in fluorite-type materials with composition (BiO{sub 1.5}){sub 0.94-x}(LaO{sub 1.5}){sub 0.06}(PbO){sub x}, x = 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.05, were synthesised by solid state reaction. The new materials undergo a number of phase transformations during heating between room temperature and 750 {sup o}C, as indicated by differential thermal analysis. Variable temperature X-ray diffraction performed on the material (BiO{sub 1.5}){sub 0.92}(LaO{sub 1.5}){sub 0.06}(PbO){sub 0.02} revealed that the quenched-in fcc fluorite-type material first undergoes a transformation to a {beta}-Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3}-type tetragonal phase around 400 {sup o}C. In the range 450-700 {sup o}C, {alpha}-Bi{sub 2}O{sub 3}-type monoclinic, Bi{sub 12}PbO{sub 19}-type bcc and {beta}{sub 1}/{beta}{sub 2}-type rhombohedral phases, and what appeared to be a {epsilon}-type monoclinic phase, were observed, before a single-phase fluorite-type material was regained at 750 {sup o}C.

OSTI ID:
22210038
Journal Information:
Materials Research Bulletin, Vol. 46, Issue 4; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2010 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0025-5408
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English