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Title: Energetics of La sub 2 minus x Sr sub x CuO sub 4 minus y solid solutions (0. 0 le x le 1. 0)

Journal Article · · Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States)
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  1. Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
  2. International Business Machines Corp., Yorktown Heights, NY (United States)

Compounds in the La{sub 2{minus}x}Sr{sub x}CuO{sub 4{minus}y} series have been synthesized in the single phase range 0 {le} x {le} 1. High temperature solution calorimetry in molten lead borate was used to determine the heats of formation from oxide components. The enthalpy of formation becomes more exothermic with increasing Sr substitution 0 {le} x {le} 0.15 and then remains approximately constant for 0.15 {le} x {le} 1. This trend can be explained by the balance between the (formal) substitution La{sup 3+} + Cu{sup 2+} = Sr{sup 2} + Cu{sup 3+} and the loss of oxygen, keeping copper formally divalent but creating oxygen vacancies. Using a transposed temperature drop method, the heat of oxidation was determined to be {minus}129 kJ/(mole O{sub 2}) by a comparison of samples with the same strontium content but a different oxygen content.

OSTI ID:
5735108
Journal Information:
Journal of Solid State Chemistry; (United States), Vol. 93:2; ISSN 0022-4596
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English