The high temperature phase transitions of orthorhombic La0.95MnO3

The high temperature phase transitions of orthorhombic La0.95MnO3 from room temperature to 1273 K were studied using high temperature XRD technique in air. Two-phase transitions were found in temperature ranges, 373-473 K and 973-1273 K, respectively. The crystal symmetry increases from orthorhombic to rhombohedral then cubic, while the second transition was not completed in the observation of the present study. The first transition could be due to the depression of Jahn-Teller distortion, while the second one could be caused by the ionic oscillation at high temperature. The lattice thermal expansion coefficients of rhombohedral La0.95MnO3 from 473 to 973 K were also calculated using lattice parameters.