Published 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

EXAFS study of Zr environment in amorphous precursors of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3

  • 1. School of Environmental Sciences, Nova Gorica (Slovenia)
  • 2. Jozef Stefan Inst., Ljubljana (Slovenia)
  • 3. Univ. of Ljubljana, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics (Slovenia)

Description

Homogeneity of the amorphous sol-gel precursors of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ferroelectric ceramics is studied at various Zr/Ti ratios. From Zr K-edge EXAFS spectra the immediate vicinity of Zr atoms is determined. A distorted octahedron of O atoms with all the bonds continued in Zr-O-Zr links is observed down to Zr/Ti ratio of 1:1, indicating the prevalent homocondensation of Zr. In the precursor with Zr/Ti ratio of 25/75 a smaller distortion of O octahedra is observed and heterometallic bonding Zr-O-Ti is found. Mixing of the two metals (Zr, Ti) at molecular level is thus established at low Zr/Ti ratios. (au)

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Synchrotron Radiation
Journal Volume
6
Journal Page Range
p. 535-536
ISSN
0909-0495

Conference

Title
10. international conference on X-ray absorption fine structure XAFS X
Dates
10-14 Aug 1998
Place
Chicago, IL (United States)

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