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High Pressure Brillouin Spectroscopy and X-ray Diffraction of Cerium Dioxide

Journal Article · · Materials
DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14133683· OSTI ID:1804458
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [3];  [6]
  1. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); SLAC
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  4. Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
  5. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  6. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Simultaneous high-pressure Brillouin spectroscopy and powder X-ray diffraction of cerium dioxide powders are presented at room temperature to a pressure of 45 GPa. Micro- and nanocrystalline powders are studied and the density, acoustic velocities and elastic moduli determined. In contrast to recent reports of anomalous compressibility and strength in nanocrystalline cerium dioxide, the acoustic velocities are found to be insensitive to grain size and enhanced strength is not observed in nanocrystalline CeO2. Discrepancies in the bulk moduli derived from Brillouin and powder X-ray diffraction studies suggest that the properties of CeO2 are sensitive to the hydrostaticity of its environment. Our Brillouin data give the shear modulus, G0 = 63 (3) GPa, and adiabatic bulk modulus, KS0 = 142 (9) GPa, which is considerably lower than the isothermal bulk modulus, KT0~ 230 GPa, determined by high-pressure X-ray diffraction experiments.

Research Organization:
SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-76SF00515; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1804458
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1806323
OSTI ID: 1812083
Journal Information:
Materials, Journal Name: Materials Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 14; ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher:
MDPICopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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