Author:
Schofield Paul F.,Berry Andrew J.,Doyle Patricia M.,Knight Kevin S.
Abstract
AbstractCaAl12O19, which can incorporate Ti as both Ti3+ and Ti4+ (charge coupled substitution with Mg2+), is one of the first minerals to condense from a gas of solar composition and is used as a ceramic. It is variously known as hibonite, calcium hexaluminate (CaO.6Al2O3), and CA6. The lattice parameters and unit cell volumes of Ti-substituted hibonite (P63/mmc) with the formulae CaAl11.8Ti3+0.2O19 and CaAl9.8Ti3+0.54Mg0.83Ti4+0.83O19 were determined as a function of temperature from ~ 10 to 275 K by neutron powder diffraction. The thermal expansion is highly anisotropic with the expansion in c a factor of ~ 5 greater than that in a. The change in a is approximately equal for the two compounds whereas the change in c is almost 50% larger for CaAl11.8Ti3+0.2O19. CaAl11.8Ti3+0.2O19 also exhibits negative thermal expansion between 10 and 70 K. The change in unit cell volume with temperature of both compositions is well described by a two term Einstein expression. The large change in c is consistent with substitution of Ti onto the M2 and M4 sites of the R-block structural unit.
Funder
Australian National University
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
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