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Ordering in HfO/sub 2/-Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/ systems where Ln is Dy, Er, or Yb

Journal Article · · High Temp. Sci.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6233050
The regions in which high temperature solid solutions based on HfO/sub 2/ and Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/ (Ln = Dy, Er, and Yb) exist were determined using the lattice parameter method. At low temperature, long-range ordering occurred at 40 mol % Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/ (Ln = Dy, Er and Yb), and the corresponding ordered phases were Hf/sub 3/Er/sub 4/O/sub 12/ and Hf/sub 3/Yb/sub 4/O/sub 12/, respectively. These compounds have rhombohedral symmetry, are isostructural with UY/sub 6/O/sub 12/, and decompose above 1500 and 1700/sup 0/C, respectively, into solid solutions of the fluorite type. No evidence for ordering phenomena was found in the HfO/sub 2/-Dy/sub 2/O/sub 3/ system for the same composition. At high Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/, content another compound, also with rhombohedral symmetry, was found in all of the three systems. The corresponding ordered phases were of the Ln/sub 6/HfO/sub 11/ type. This compound is formed within the Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/ concentration range between 70 and 90 mol % Ln/sub 2/O/sub 3/. Above 1700/sup 0/C, this compound undergoes a transformation into a cubic solid solution of C-type. In the case of the HfO/sub 2/-Dy/sub 2/O/sub 3/ system, another hexagonal compound of an M/sub 7/O/sub 11/ /sub 5/-type was found. This is formed at about 55 mol % Dy/sub 2/O/sub 3/ and possesses a very narrow homogeneity range. At approximately 1750/sup 0/C this compound undergoes a transformation into cubic solid solutions of fluorite and C-type. 5 figures, 7 tables.
Research Organization:
Instituto de Ceramica y Vidrio, Madrid, Spain
OSTI ID:
6233050
Journal Information:
High Temp. Sci.; (United States), Journal Name: High Temp. Sci.; (United States) Vol. 13:1; ISSN HITSA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English