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BEHAVIOR OF Fe$sup 4+$ IN THE SYSTEM SrFeO$sub 3$-SrTiO$sub 3$

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:4038453

Perovskites of the system SrFeO/sub 3/ - SrTiO/sub 3/ were prepared and measurements made of their magnetic and electrical behavior. Chemical analysis showed the percentsge of Fe/sup 4+/ to very from 72.5% for SrFeO/sub 3/ to about zero for SrFe/sub 0.1/ Ti/sub 0.9/O/sub 3/; the rest of the iron was in the Fe< s3>s/sup +/ state and electrical balance was achieved by oxygen loss. SrFe/sub 1- x/ Ti/sub x/O/sub 3/ was artiferromagnetic between x = 0 and x = 0.9, with a Neel temperature below 60 deg K. A parasitic ferromagnetic component developed when these compounds were cooled in a magnetic field. Its magnitude depended on the temperature and on the magnetic field applied during cooling; its pesk value was 0.995 emu/g for x = 0.1. De tailed studies were made on SrFe/sub 0.8/Ti/sub 0.2/ O/sub 3/. The cond uctivity of these perovskites ranged from 10/sup -8/ mho/cm for x = 1.0 to 10/sup -2/ for x = 0.0 and showed a marked break at x = 0.8. SrFeO/sub 3/ was an n-type semiconductor; with the addition of Ti/sup 4+/ the sign of the thermoelectric voltage changed to p type. The activation energy decreased from 0.79 ev for SrTiO/sub 3/ to 0.05 ev for SrFeO/sub 3/. The Fe/sup 4+/ cortent depended on the heat treatment and atmosphere during formation. (auth)

Research Organization:
Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge. Lab. for Insulation Research
NSA Number:
NSA-15-016872
OSTI ID:
4038453
Report Number(s):
NP-10105
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English