The Centre for Heavy Metals Research, School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia Superconducting Materials Centre, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044 Japan
Abstract:
High resolution X-ray powder diffraction studies have shown SrRhO3 to transform from an orthorhombic Pnma structure at room temperature through an intermediate Imma phase to a tetragonal I4/mcm structure near 800 °C. The orthorhombic Imma phase exists over a very limited temperature range, of less than 20°. The diffraction data suggests the Pnma to Imma transition is continuous and demonstrates that the Imma-I4/mcm transition is first order.