کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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1489552 | 992309 | 2011 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
High temperature X ray diffraction performed on recently discovered orthorhombic Th2O(PO4)2 shows a continuous linear thermal contraction (−1.6 × 10−6 °C−1) in 20–600 °C range and a near-zero expansion at higher temperatures resulting from a dual structural deformation involving oxygen oscillations and inter-cations repulsions. Although similar mechanisms were observed in isotypic Zr2O(PO4)2 (+1.5 × 10−6 °C−1) and U2O(PO4)2 (−1.4 × 10−6 °C−1), those observed in Th2O(PO4)2 are particularly intense because of the high ionic radius of tetravalent thorium.
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► Dithorium oxide phosphate shows a continuous negative thermal expansion over a 600 °C range.
► Negative expansion arises from oxygen rocking and cations repulsions.
► Big and high-charge thorium IV appears ideal for generating negative expansion.
Journal: Materials Research Bulletin - Volume 46, Issue 11, November 2011, Pages 1777–1780