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Crystal structure and short-range oxygen defects in La- and Nd-modified ZrO{sub 2}

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OSTI ID:10184622
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  1. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
  2. Nagoya Inst. of Tech. (Japan)
  3. Toyota Central Research and Development Labs., Inc., Nagoya (Japan)

The crystal structure of rare-earth modified zirconia and the associated oxygen defects were studied by neutron diffraction. A Rietveld analysis of the neutron powder patterns of heat treated samples of La- and Nd- 10mol%-ZrO{sub 2} revealed the composition of a major tetragonal phase (space group P4{sub 2}/nmc) and a minor cubic phase (space group Fm3m). The sort-range oxygen defects structure was examined by a Fourier-filtering technique. A real-space correlation function, obtained from a Fourier transform of the filtered residual diffuse scattering, showed evidence of static, oxygen-vacancy induced atomic displacements along the <111> and other directions of the pseudocubic cell.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
10184622
Report Number(s):
ANL/IPNS/CP--79265; CONF-9309142--3; ON: DE93040229
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English