X-ray and IR characterisation of Nasicon solid solution, Na1+xZr2SixP3−xO12

Ramasesha, SK and Jacob, KT (1988) X-ray and IR characterisation of Nasicon solid solution, Na1+xZr2SixP3−xO12. In: Materials Letters, 7 (1-2). pp. 61-64.

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Abstract

X-ray and IR studies on Nasicon solid solutions, Na1+xZr2SixP3−xO12, are carried out as a function of composition x. X-ray diffraction studies show that the unit cell volume increases as x increases and exhibits a maximum at x ≈ 2. On further increase in x the unit cell volume decreases. The infrared absorption peak positions and the splitting of these absorption peaks suggest a distortion of the PO4 and SiO4 tetrahedra. But the distortion is not large enough to change the local symmetry around the phosphorus or silicon ion from Td to C3v.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materials Letters
Publisher:	Elsevier
Additional Information:	Copy rights of this article belongs to Elsevier Science Ltd.
Department/Centre:	Division of Mechanical Sciences > Materials Engineering (formerly Metallurgy)
Date Deposited:	02 Feb 2010 11:19
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:39
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/21908

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