Bildungsenthalpien ternärer Lavesphasen vom MgCu2-Typ im System MgCu2MgZn2

The heats of formation of the ternary cubic Laves phases of the pseudobinary system MgCu₂MgZn₂ were determined by solution calorimetry methods. Replacing copper atoms with zinc atoms increases the negative heat of formation. This change is mainly due to the change of interatomic interactions within the copper sublattice. Relative minima appearing in the ΔH^B vs composition-curve are interpreted in terms of ordering of copper and zinc atoms on the copper sublattice.     

Synthesis, structure and properties of Li2Rh3B2

Li₂Rh₃B₂ has been synthesized at 1000 °C from a stoichiometric mix of rhodium and boron and an excess of lithium. Li₂Rh₃B₂ crystallizes in the orthorhombic space group Pbam (no. 55, Z=2) with room temperature lattice constants a=5.7712(1) Å, b=9.4377(2) Å, c=2.8301(1) Å and cell volume 154.149(6) Å³. The structure was solved from single crystal X-ray diffraction yielding the final R indices (all data) R1=2.8% and wR2=4.7%. The structure is a distortion of the CeCo₃B₂ structure type, containing a network of Rh₆B trigonal prisms and short Li-Li contacts of 2.28(2) Å. Li₂Rh₃B₂ is a diamagnetic metal with a room temperature resistivity of 19 μΩ cm, as determined by magnetic susceptibility and single crystal transport measurements. The measured diamagnetism and electronic structure calculations show that Li₂Rh₃B₂ contains rhodium in a d¹⁰ configuration.     

Standard free energy of formation of YFeO3, Y3Fe5O12, and a new compound YFe2O4 in the FeFe2O3Y2O3 system at 1200°C

The phase equilibria in the FeFe₂O₃Y₂O₃ system have been established at 1200°C. The following phases were stable: yttria, hematite, magnetite, wüstite, metallic iron, yttrium-iron perovskite, yttrium-iron garnet, and a new phase YFe₂O₄, belonging to a rhombohedral crystal system. The YFe₂O₄ compound has a solid solution from YFe₂O_3.905 to YFe₂O_4.000. The standard free energies of formation of YFe₂O_3.905, YFeO₃, and Y₃Fe₅O₁₂ have been determined to be ?96 800 ± 200 cal, ?59 800 ± 200 cal, and ?143 700 ± 600 cal, respectively, from metallic iron, Y₂O₃, and oxygen.     

Structure and properties of rhombohedral CePd3Ga8: A variant of the cubic parent compound with BaHg11 structure type

Single crystals of a new intermetallic gallide, R-CePd₃Ga₈, have been synthesized from excess molten gallium. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction reveals that R-CePd₃Ga₈ crystallizes in the R-3m space group with a=b=c=8.4903(10) Å and α=β=γ=89.993(17). R-CePd₃Ga₈ is a variant of the cubic BaHg₁₁ structure type with three structural units: a Ce-centered polyhedron, a distorted cube of Pd₂Ga₆ and a Pd-centered cuboctahedron. The distortions of these units are compared to undistorted analogous units in intermetallic compounds with BaHg₁₁ structure type. Field and temperature-dependent magnetization measurements on R-CePd₃Ga₈ reveal a paramagnetic material with strong antiferromagnetic correlations and a magnetization consistent with Ce³⁺. Electrical resistance measurements indicate Kondo behavior between localized Ce³⁺ magnetic moments.     

On the shear homeotypism in the MgCu2 family

It is well known that there are several homeotypes of MgCu₂ which are distinguished by different shears between double layers of atoms parallel to (111) MgCu₂ (Friauf-Laves phases) and that they are stable at specific valence electron concentrations (rule of Komura). This phenomenon may be interpreted by the two-correlations model, a valence model for metallic phases. The correlation of the peripheral core electrons (c correlation) and its commensurability to the crystal cell a is the same for all quasi-homologous shear homeotypes of MgCu₂, but the correlation of the valence electrons (b correlation) depends on the valence-electron concentration. The b correlation exhibits different discrete commensurabilities with respect to the c correlation in the hexagonal basal plane of a. Also, the distances of the b correlation planes parallel to the hexagonal basal plane exhibit energetically favorable commensurabilities to a. These different commensurabilities correspond to observed phases. The b electron correlation induces transitory electrical dipole vectors at the atoms with component in a₃ direction (the hexagonal axis) and the interactions of the dipoles determine the stacking sequence of the double layers.     

Alpha-particle-induced luminescence of rare-earth-doped Y2O3 nanophosphors

The feasibility of utilizing Y₂O₃:Tb³⁺ and Y₂O₃:Eu³⁺ as radioluminescent nanophosphors under alpha-particle excitation is investigated. Materials synthesized by the urea homogeneous precipitation method were characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The XRD analysis of as-produced precipitates and nanophosphors fired at temperatures ranging from 950 to 1100 °C indicated the presence of highly crystalline cubic Y₂O₃ with crystallite sizes of ∼40 nm. SEM and TEM analysis revealed that particles with average diameters of ∼200 nm and comprised of ∼40 nm grains were obtained. High-resolution radioluminescence and photoluminescence spectra were used to investigate the unwanted radioluminescence saturation effects associated with the high ionization rate of alpha-particles. Additionally, the radioluminescence intensity as a function of rare-earth ion dopant concentration is investigated for these materials under alpha-particle excitation. The prospect for utilizing these materials as intermediate absorbers in indirect-conversion radioisotope batteries is discussed.     

Growth and characterization of thin films of Y2O3, La2O3 and La2CuO4

Films of Y₂O₃, La₂O₃, and La₂CuO₄ were prepared by an ultrasonic nebulization and pyrolysis method using acetylacetonates of the corresponding metals in alcohol solvents as source materials. Homogeneous, uniform films with good adherence have been obtained using this simple technique. As-deposited yttrium and lanthanum oxide films were poorly crystallized. After postannealing in oxygen at higher temperature, they crystallized into cubic and hexagonal phases, respectively. Transparent yttrium and lanthanum oxide films have high electric breakdown voltages. Single phase polycrystalline La₂CuO₄ thin films were obtained from a source solution with a La:Cu ratio of 2:1.     

Dilatometric studies of Y2W3O12 with added Al2O3

Y₂W₃O₁₂ exhibits negative thermal expansion along the three crystallographic directions due to the transverse thermal vibrations perpendicular to the Y-O-W linkage. It is highly hygroscopic and forms a trihydrate structure at room temperature. Dilatometric studies of Y₂W₃O₁₂ show large thermal expansion hysteresis due to large grain size and a large initial positive thermal expansion due to the removal of water molecules. Al₂O₃ has been added to Y₂W₃O₁₂ upto 10 wt% in an attempt to overcome the hygroscopicity and reduce the particle size and thereby the thermal expansion hysteresis. Thermo gravimetric, dilatometric and electron microscopic studies are presented to support these observations. Dedicated to Professor C N R Rao on his 70th birthday     

纳米复合Y2O3／TiO2的制备、表征及其光催化性能研究

采用溶胶－凝胶法制备复合半导体Y2O3／TiO2,掺入Y2O3会阻碍锐钛矿晶相的出现,掺入浓度越大,TiO2锐钛矿（101）峰强度减小越大,平均晶粒直径与颗粒直径减小,比表面积增大;Y2O3／TiO2具有高热稳定性与高比表面积,由于量子尺寸效应,掺入Y2O3使光催化剂的拉曼峰发生微小位移,在380－460nm范围内,使反射率增强,以亚甲基蓝与甲基橙溶液光 经降解为模型反应,掺入Y2O3,复合光催化剂对亚甲基蓝溶液的光催化脱色降解一级动力学常数明显低于纯TiO2的;掺入5％的10％Y2O3,复合光催化剂对甲基橙溶液的光催化脱色降解一有动力学均常数高于纯TiO2的,掺入浓度太高反而有害,讨论了掺入Y2O3后光物理性质的变化与其光催化活性的关系。     

添加Y2O3的ZrO2—Al2O3复相陶瓷力学性能的研究

采用工业ZrO2, Al2O3原料, 以Y2O3作为稳定剂, 通过适当的工艺制备出ZrO2-Al2O3复相陶瓷. 研究结果表明, Y2O3添加量为3.5%(摩尔分数)的ZrO2基陶瓷中加入Al2O3可有效地抑制ZrO2晶粒的生长, 有利于使ZrO2晶粒以亚稳四方相存在, 从而提高材料的强度与断裂韧性. Al2O3含量为20%(质量分数)时, 复相陶瓷的抗弯强度、断裂韧性分别为676.7和10 MPa*m1/2, 其值接近湿化学法制备的复相陶瓷的力学性能. 相变增韧与颗粒弥散增韧作用相互叠加提高了复相陶瓷材料的力学性能.     

Effect of inert components (Y2O3, Al2O3, and Ga2O3) on the chemistimulating effect of the Sb2O3 activator of GaAs thermal oxidation

Chemistimilated thermal oxidation of gallium arsenide was studied using Sb₂O₃ activator oxide in compositions with Ga₂O₃, Al₂O₃, and Y₂O₃ inert components. For Sb₂O₃-Y₂O₃ compositions, the thickness of the resulting oxide layer on GaAs was found to be a linear function of composition over the enter range of the compositions. For antimony oxide compositions with Ga₂O₃ and Al₂O₃ inert components, nonadditivities were observed near the component ordinates. For the Sb₂O₃-Ga₂O₃ system, the chemistimulating efficiency noticeably weakened at low concentrations of the inert component. The linear trend observed for this system within 0–60 mol % Sb₂O₃ is additively determined by the oxide layer thickness on GaAs in the presence of Sb₂O₃ and in the absence of activator. In the presence of inert Al₂O₃, the chemistimulating effect was enhanced near the Al₂O₃ ordinate and the resulting function was nonadditive with respect to the thicknesses reached in the presence of the individual components.     

Structure, and magnetic and transport behavior of twinned Ce2Rh3(Pb,Bi)5

Single crystals of a new compound, Ce₂Rh₃(Pb,Bi)₅, have been grown via a flux-growth technique using molten Pb as a solvent. The compound has been characterized by single crystal X-ray diffraction and found to be of the orthorhombic Y₂Rh₃Sn₅ structure type [Cmc2₁ (No. 36), Z=4] with lattice parameters a=4.5980(2), b=27.1000(17) and c=7.4310(4) Å, with V=925.95(9) Å³. Ce₂Rh₃(Pb,Bi)₅ has a complex crystal structure containing Ce atoms encased in Rh-X (X=Pb/Bi) pentagonal and octagonal channels in [100], with polyanions similar to those found in Ce₂Au₃In₅ and Yb₂Pt₃Sn₅. Magnetization measurements find that Ce₂Rh₃(Pb,Bi)₅ is a quasi-two-dimensional system, where the Ce moments are spatially well-localized. Heat capacity measurements show a transition at the Néel temperature of 1.5 K. Evidence for Fermi surface nesting is found in electrical resistivity measurements, and we argue that Ce₂Rh₃(Pb,Bi)₅ is very near a metal-insulator transition in zero field.     

Thermal properties of the pyrochlore, Y2Ti2O7

The thermal conductivity and heat capacity of high-purity single crystals of yttrium titanate, Y₂Ti₂O_7, have been determined over the temperature range 2 K?T?300 K. The experimental heat capacity is in very good agreement with an analysis based on three acoustic modes per unit cell (with the Debye characteristic temperature, θ_D, of ca. 970 K) and an assignment of the remaining 63 optic modes, as well as a correction for C_p−C_v. From the integrated heat capacity data, the enthalpy and entropy relative to absolute zero, are, respectively, H(T=298.15 K)−H₀=34.69 kJ mol⁻¹ and S(T=298.15 K)−S₀=211.2 J K⁻¹ mol⁻¹. The thermal conductivity shows a peak at ca. θ_D/50, characteristic of a highly purified crystal in which the phonon mean free path is about 10 μm in the defect/boundary low-temperature limit. The room-temperature thermal conductivity of Y₂Ti₂O₇ is 2.8 W m⁻¹ K⁻¹, close to the calculated theoretical thermal conductivity, κ_min, for fully coupled phonons at high temperatures.     

A CNDO/2 investigation of the CH3/CF3 substitution effect

The variation of the A-C bond lengths with substitution of methyl by perfluoromethyl in molecules of the kind A(CH₃ )_n is investigated using the CNDO/2 method. Calculations were performed with A as fluorine, oxygen, nitrogen, sulphur and phosphorous and n = 1, 2 or 3. The variation of the A-C bond length can be explained qualitatively by combining two effects, (1) changes in the covalent bond order and (2) changes in the ionic bond strength. While the covalent bond order decreases in all cases, the extent of the decrease depending largely on the electronegativity of A, the ionic bond order increases for fluorine, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur and decreases in the case of phosphorous. The variations in the ionic bond strength are found to depend on the electronegativity of A as well as on the number of substituted methyl groups.     

Polymorphism in yttrium molybdate Y2Mo3O12

Yttrium molybdate (Y₂Mo₃O₁₂) has been prepared by non-hydrolytic sol–gel chemistry. The phase evolution upon heating was investigated using in situ and ex situ heat treatments combined with powder X-ray diffraction. This method has led to the isolation of two orthorhombic phases with different atomic connectivity. Yttrium adopts 6- and 7-coordinate sites in the Pbcn and Pba2 structures, respectively. Cocrystallization of both phases was observed in a narrow temperature range, suggesting that crystallization kinetics play a major role in phase formation. It was found that the Pba2 phase is the stable polymorph below 550 °C, and converts to Pbcn at higher temperatures.     

Revisiting Y2Si2O7 and Y2SiO5 polymorphic structures by Y MAS-NMR spectroscopy

This paper describes the ⁸⁹Y MAS-NMR spectra for all the established polymorphs of Y₂Si₂O₇ (y, α, β, γ and δ) and Y₂SiO₅ (X1 and X2). The combination of our spectroscopic data with the structural information published up to now from diffraction data permits the revision and correction of mistakes which appear in the literature. Finally, the influence of different structural factors, such as yttrium coordination number and Y-O distances on the ⁸⁹Y NMR isotropic chemical shift is analyzed.     

Surface electron donor properties of Dy2O3, Y2O3 and their mixed oxides with alumina catalyst

The limit of electron transfer in electron affinity from the oxide surface to the electron acceptor (EA) are reported from the adsorption of EA on Dy₂O₃, mixed oxides of Dy₂O₃ with alumina and mixed oxides of Y₂O₃ with -alumina. The extent of electron transfer is understood from magnetic measurements.     

Synthesis of SiO2/Y2O3:Eu core-shell materials and hollow spheres

The SiO₂/Y₂O₃:Eu core-shell materials and hollow spheres were first synthesized by a template-mediated method. X-ray diffraction patterns indicated that the broadened diffraction peaks result from nanocrystals of Y₂O₃:Eu shells and hollow spheres. X-ray photoelectron spectra showed that the Y₂O₃:Eu shells are linked with silica cores by Si-O-Y chemical bond. SEM and TEM observations showed that the size of SiO₂/Y₂O₃:Eu core-shell structure is in the range of 140-180 nm, and the thickness of Y₂O₃:Eu hollow spherical shell is about 20-40 nm. The photoluminescence spectra of SiO₂/Y₂O₃:Eu core-shell materials and Y₂O₃:Eu hollow spheres have better red luminescent properties, and the broadened emission bands came from the size effects of nanocrystals composed of Y₂O₃:Eu shell.     

XPS study of carbonation of Mn/Y2O3 catalysts

XPS spectra in the Ols range of binding energy demonstrate a steady decline of concentration of surface carbonate groups as Mn loading in Mn/Y2O3 oxide catalysts increases from 0 to 50 at.%.