Phase equilibria in the Bi2TeO5-Bi2SeO5 system and a high temperature neutron powder diffraction study of Bi2SeO5

OA Dityatyev, P Smidt, S Yu Stefanovich, Philip Lightfoot, VA Dolgikh, H Opperman

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Abstract

Phase equilibria in the Bi2TeO5-Bi2SeO5 system were studied by X-ray, DTA and second harmonic generation (SHG). The samples were synthesized by solid state reactions of the Bi, Te and Se oxides. The phase diagram is interpreted as a quasibinary peritectic one with wide ranges of solid solutions on the basis of both compounds. The SHG study showed Bi2SeO5 to undergo a phase transition at about 250 degreesC. Neutron diffraction (25-650 degreesC) showed no major changes in the structure of Bi2SeO5 at high temperatures. However, the analysis of the oxygen atom thermal factors and site occupancies suggested that the mechanism of the phase transformation is an order-disorder transition involving reorientation of the SeO3 group. (C) 2004 Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)915-922
Number of pages8
JournalSolid State Sciences
Volume6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2004

Keywords

  • selenite
  • tellurite
  • crystal structure
  • second harmonic generation
  • CRYSTAL-STRUCTURE

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