Structure and thermal expansion of Lu2O3 and Yb2O3 up to the melting points

Pavlik, Alfred; Ushakov, Sergey V.; Navrotsky, Alexandra; Benmore, Chris J.; Weber, Richard J. K.

doi:10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.08.031

Title: Structure and thermal expansion of Lu₂O₃ and Yb₂O₃ up to the melting points

Journal Article · Thu Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Journal of Nuclear Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2017.08.031· OSTI ID:1394832

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Univ. of California, Davis, CA (United States). Peter A. Rock Thermochemistry Lab., NEAT ORU
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). X-ray Science Division; Materials Development Inc., Arlington Heights, IL (United States)

Knowledge of thermal expansion and high temperature phase transformations is essential for prediction and interpretation of materials behavior under the extreme conditions of high temperature and intense radiation encountered in nuclear reactors. We studied the structure and thermal expansion of Lu₂O₃ and Yb₂O₃ were studied in oxygen and argon atmospheres up to their melting temperatures using synchrotron X-ray diffraction on laser heated levitated samples. Both oxides retained the cubic bixbyite C-type structure in oxygen and argon to melting. In contrast to fluorite-type structures, the increase in the unit cell parameter of Yb₂O₃ and Lu₂O₃3 with temperature is linear within experimental error from room temperature to the melting point, with mean thermal expansion coefficients (8.5 ± 0.6) · 10^-6 K^-1 and (7.7 ± 0.6) · 10^-6 K^-1, respectively. There is no indication of a superionic (Bredig) transition in the C-type structure or of a previously suggested Yb₂O₃ phase transformation to hexagonal phase prior to melting.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; DMR-1506229; ACO2-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1394832

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1549895

Journal Information:: Journal of Nuclear Materials, Vol. 495, Issue C; ISSN 0022-3115

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