ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Contour plots of disorder reaction energies across a wide variety of A2B2O7 pyrochlore oxides have been produced, using atomistic simulation calculations based on energy-minimization techniques. The cations studied range from Lu3+ to La3+ on the A site and from Ti4+ to Ce4+ on the B site. The present results relate the experimentally observed stability range of the pyrochlore structure to A and B cation size and disorder. Disorder enthalpies decrease dramatically with increasing B cation size, while the rate of increase with A cation size depends markedly on the particular B cation. The association of anion Frenkel and cation antisite disorders is found to be of importance.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.2000.tb01484.x
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