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Author(s) |
Jafar, M.; Achary, S. N.; Salke, N. P.; Sahu, A. K.; Rao, R.; Tyagi, A. K. (ChD;SSPD;G&AMD)
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Source |
Journal of Nuclear Materials, 2016. Vol. 475: pp. 192-199 |
ABSTRACT
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Phase evolution from CaZrTi2O7 (zirconolite) to Y2Ti2O7 (pyrochlore) have been delineated by systematic characterization of a series of sample with composition as Ca1-xZr1-xY2xTi2O7 (0.00≤ x≤ 1.00) by powder XRD, Raman spectroscopy, SEM and EDS analyses. Comparative analyses of XRD and Raman spectra revealed sequential evolution of phases with increasing concentration of Y3+ in the compositions. From the XRD studies, three distinct phase fields, namely two layer (2M) and four layer (4M) zirconolitetypes and cubic pyrochlore-type are observed in between zirconolite (CaZrTi2O7) and Y2Ti2O7. 4M-zirconolite phase is observed in a narrow range of composition, viz. 0.35 ≤ x ≤ 0.40 while cubic pyrochlore type phase is observed in the compositions with x ≥ 1.20. The unit cell volume of different phases shows a non-linear increasing trend with Y3+ ion concentration which has been attributed to the distribution of cations in different structure and change in their coordination number. |
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