The structure of tetragonal NbOPO 4 has been studied from room temperature to 500ยฐยฐC by X-ray powder diffraction and to 327ยฐยฐC by neutron powder diffraction. Rietveld refinements were conducted on neutron data collected at 25, 100, 175, 200, 225, 275, and 327ยฐยฐC. A phase transition was found at abou
Negative Thermal Expansion in Orthorhombic NbOPO4
โ Scribed by T.G. Amos; A.W. Sleight
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 499 KB
- Volume
- 160
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4596
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โฆ Synopsis
Monoclinic NbOPO 4 was found to undergo a readily reversible 5rst-order phase transition at 2923C. The connectivity of the NbO 6 octahedra and PO 4 tetrahedra remains the same throughout the transition, but above the transition the symmetry has increased to orthorhombic and Z has decreased by a factor of 2. Rietveld structure re5nements utilized neutron di4raction data from room temperature to 4003C and X-ray di4raction data up to 7003C. One cell edge shows negative thermal expansion over the entire temperature range. The other two cell edges show negative thermal expansion only above the phase transition. The negative thermal expansion behavior is related to transverse thermal motion of oxygen.
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FIG. 1. Structure of Y (WO ) showing YO octahedra (white), W(1)O tetrahedra (light gray), and W(2)O tetrahedra (dark gray).
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