Thermal Analysis of High Entropy Rare Earth Oxides
Thermal Analysis of High Entropy Rare Earth Oxides
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DOI:
10.3390/ma13143141
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发表时间:
2020-07-01
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3.4
通讯作者:
Navrotsky, Alexandra
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作者:
Ushakov, Sergey, V;Hayun, Shmuel;Navrotsky, Alexandra
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)(2)O-3, where all oxides are in equimolar ratios and RE is Nd or Gd or Y. After annealing at 800 degrees 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 degrees 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)(2)O(3)sample as 2456 +/- 12 degrees 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-Er(2)O(3)systems.