Structural Behaviour of Solid Solution in the SmAlO3−TbAlO3 System

Abstract

Phase and structural behaviour in the SmAlO3–TbAlO3system has been studied in a whole concentration range by means of laboratory X-ray diffraction,in situhigh temperature synchrotron powder diffraction and differential thermal analysis. Formation of the continuous solid solution Sm1−xTbxAlO3with the orthorhombic perovskite structure (space groupPbnm) has been established. Peculiarity of the investigated system is lattice parameter crossovers resulted in the existence of three regions with different relations of the lattice parameters. Based on the results obtained, as well as an available literature data for the “pure” SmAlO3and TbAlO3, a phase diagram of the pseudo-binary SmAlO3–TbAlO3system has been constructed.