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Effect of the rate of cooling on the phase composition of rare-earth titanates

Journal Article · · Inorg. Mater. (Engl. Transl.); (United States)
OSTI ID:6097628

The purpose of this work was to investigate the effect of different regimes of quenching with cooling rates of approx. 10/sup 2/ and 10/sup 5/ K/sec on the phase composition of rare-earth mono- and dititanates, as well as the possibility of formation of glasses at the nonvariant points (eutectic and peritectic) of the binary systems TiO/sub 2/-Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/ (Ln-La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Y, and Sc). For compounds of the types Ln/sub 2/TiO/sub 5/ and Ln/sub 2/Ti/sub 2/O/sub 7/ (Ln-La...Lu, Y, Sc) there is a tendency for a structure with a higher symmetry to form as the ionic radius of the lanthanide decreases and the rate of quenching increases. The use of ultrarapid quenching expanded the region of existence of the cubic structure of the fluorite type to Tb/sub 2/TiO/sub 5/ and the structure of the pyrochlore type up to Sm/sub 2/Ti/sub 2/O/sub 7/. Ultrarapid quenching of compounds with the composition Ln/sub 4/Ti/sub 9/O/sub 24/ led to a transition into the amorphous state.

Research Organization:
S.V. Starodubtsev Physicotechnical Institute (USSR)
OSTI ID:
6097628
Journal Information:
Inorg. Mater. (Engl. Transl.); (United States), Journal Name: Inorg. Mater. (Engl. Transl.); (United States) Vol. 23:11; ISSN INOMA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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