X-ray Diffraction Study of Double Perovskites R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 (R= La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho)

Published

December 8, 2017

Author(s)

Winnie K. Wong-Ng, Khawla AlHamdan, Jude Anike, James A. Kaduk

Abstract

The crystal structure and powder patterns were prepared for the perovskite series R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 (R= La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho). The R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 members are isostructural with each other and are crystallized in the orthorhombic crystal system with space group Pnma, Z = 4. From R=La to Ho, the lattice parameters a range from 5.4614(3) Å to 5.5368(2) Å, b range from 7.7442(4) Å to 7.4859(2) Å, and c range from 5.5046(3)) Å to 5.2170(2) Å. The unit cell volumes, V which range from 232.81(2) Å3 to 216.237(11) Å3 follow the trend of ‘lanthanide contraction’. The structure distortion of these compounds is evidenced in the tilt angles theta, phi, and omega which represent rotations of an octahedron about the pseudo-cubic perovskite [110]p, [001]p and [111]p axes. All three tilt angles increase across the lanthanide series (for R=La to R= Ho: theta increases from 8.34 º to 17.00º, phi from 6.24 º to 8.53 º, and omega from 10.41 º to 18.96 º), indicating a greater octahedral distortion as the ionic radius of R3+ (r(R3+)) decreases. The bond valence sum values for the (Co/Ti) site and the R site of R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 reveal no significant bond strain in these compounds. X-ray diffraction patterns of the R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 samples were submitted to the Powder Diffraction File (PDF).

Citation

Solid State Sciences

Volume

32

Issue

4

Pub Type

Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1017/S0885715617001014

Keywords

R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 (R= La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Gd, Dy, Ho), crystal structure, X-ray powder diffraction patterns

Citation

Wong-Ng, W. , AlHamdan, K. , Anike, J. and Kaduk, J. (2017), X-ray Diffraction Study of Double Perovskites R(Co3/4Ti1/4)O3 (R= La, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho), Solid State Sciences, [online], https://doi.org/10.1017/S0885715617001014 (Accessed September 20, 2024)