Published December 2010 | Version v1
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Evidence for a non-rhombohedral average structure in the lead-free piezoelectric material Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3

  • 1. Warwick Univ. (United Kingdom). Dept. of Physics

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The potential lead-free piezoelectric material sodium bismuth titanate, Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3, was investigated by means of high-resolution single-crystal X-ray diffractometry. The splitting of Bragg peaks observed in the highresolution reciprocal-space maps suggests that the average structure of Na0.5Bi0.5TiO3 has lower than rhombohedral symmetry. This observation is contrary to the commonly adopted model, which has followed from many previous analyses of neutron and X-ray powder diffraction data. (orig.)

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Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S002188981003342X

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Journal Title
Journal of Applied Crystallography
Journal Volume
43
Journal Issue
6
Journal Page Range
p. 1409-1414
ISSN
0021-8898
CODEN
JACGAR