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Title: Thermal Analysis of High Entropy Rare Earth Oxides

Abstract

Phase transformations in multicomponent rare earth sesquioxides were studied by splat quenching from the melt, high temperature differential thermal analysis and synchrotron X-ray diffraction on laser-heated samples. Three compositions were prepared by the solution combustion method: (La,Sm,Dy,Er,RE)2O3, where all oxides are in equimolar ratios and RE is Nd or Gd or Y. After annealing at 800 °C, all powders contained mainly a phase of C-type bixbyite structure. After laser melting, all samples were quenched in a single-phase monoclinic B-type structure. Thermal analysis indicated three reversible phase transitions in the range 1900–2400 °C, assigned as transformations into A, H, and X rare earth sesquioxides structure types. Unit cell volumes and volume changes on C-B, B-A, and H-X transformations were measured by X-ray diffraction and consistent with the trend in pure rare earth sesquioxides. The formation of single-phase solid solutions was predicted by Calphad calculations. The melting point was determined for the (La,Sm,Dy,Er,Nd)2O3 sample as 2456 ± 12 °C, which is higher than for any of constituent oxides. An increase in melting temperature is probably related to nonideal mixing in the solid and/or the melt and prompts future investigation of the liquidus surface in Sm2O3-Dy2O3, Sm2O3-Er2O3, and Dy2O3-Er2O3 systems.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ (United States)
  2. Ben-Gurion Univ. of the Negev, Beer-Sheva (Israel)
  3. Huizhou Univ. (China)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1660992
Grant/Contract Number:  
NSF-DMR 1835848; NSF-DMR 2015852; AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 13; Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 1996-1944
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; high entropy oxides; rare earth oxides; laser melting; aerodynamic levitation; phase transition; melting; thermodynamics

Citation Formats

Ushakov, Sergey V., Hayun, Shmuel, Gong, Weiping, and Navrotsky, Alexandra. Thermal Analysis of High Entropy Rare Earth Oxides. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.3390/ma13143141.
Ushakov, Sergey V., Hayun, Shmuel, Gong, Weiping, & Navrotsky, Alexandra. Thermal Analysis of High Entropy Rare Earth Oxides. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13143141
Ushakov, Sergey V., Hayun, Shmuel, Gong, Weiping, and Navrotsky, Alexandra. Tue . "Thermal Analysis of High Entropy Rare Earth Oxides". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma13143141. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1660992.
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abstractNote = {Phase transformations in multicomponent rare earth sesquioxides were studied by splat quenching from the melt, high temperature differential thermal analysis and synchrotron X-ray diffraction on laser-heated samples. Three compositions were prepared by the solution combustion method: (La,Sm,Dy,Er,RE)2O3, where all oxides are in equimolar ratios and RE is Nd or Gd or Y. After annealing at 800 °C, all powders contained mainly a phase of C-type bixbyite structure. After laser melting, all samples were quenched in a single-phase monoclinic B-type structure. Thermal analysis indicated three reversible phase transitions in the range 1900–2400 °C, assigned as transformations into A, H, and X rare earth sesquioxides structure types. Unit cell volumes and volume changes on C-B, B-A, and H-X transformations were measured by X-ray diffraction and consistent with the trend in pure rare earth sesquioxides. The formation of single-phase solid solutions was predicted by Calphad calculations. The melting point was determined for the (La,Sm,Dy,Er,Nd)2O3 sample as 2456 ± 12 °C, which is higher than for any of constituent oxides. An increase in melting temperature is probably related to nonideal mixing in the solid and/or the melt and prompts future investigation of the liquidus surface in Sm2O3-Dy2O3, Sm2O3-Er2O3, and Dy2O3-Er2O3 systems.},
doi = {10.3390/ma13143141},
journal = {Materials},
number = 14,
volume = 13,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020},
month = {Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 EDT 2020}
}

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