Published 2009 | Version v1
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Correlation between AO6 polyhedral distortion and negative thermal expansion in the A2M3O12 family

  • 1. Pontificia Univ. Catolica do Rio de Janeiro (DEMa/PUC/Rio), RJ (Brazil). Dept. de Engenharia de Materiais
  • 2. Laboratorio Nacional de Luz Sincrotron (LNLS), Campinas, SP (Brazil)
  • 3. Dalhousie Univ., Halifax (Canada). Dept. of Chemistry

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The Pbcn orthorhombic phase of Y2Mo3O12 has been examined through in situ high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction (10 K to 450 K) on the D10B-XPD beamline, heat capacity determination (2K to 390 K) and differential scanning calorimetry (103 K to 673 K). From a thorough analysis of the structure of Y2Mo3O12, we found that the YO6 octahedra and MoO4 tetrahedra increased their distortion with increasing temperature. The inherent volume distortion parameter (v) of AO6 has been introduced to quantitatively evaluate polyhedral distortion and it was observed that this parameter is strongly correlated with the linear coefficient of thermal expansion (alpha1) for different members of the A2M3O12 family. (author)

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Activity report 2009 - Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory - LNLS

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Imprint Title
Activity report 2009 - Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory
Imprint Pagination
132 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 59-65
ISSN
1518-0204

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