Revealing structural detail in the high temperature La 2Si 2O 7-Y 2Si 2O 7 phase diagram by synchrotron powder diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy

High resolution synchrotron powder XRD, 89Y CPMG NMR, and 139La MAS NMR spectroscopy have been applied to eventually draw the phase diagram of the La2Si2O7–Y2Si2O7 system. The diagram presents a solid solubility region of G-(La,Y)2Si2O7, which extends to the La0.9Y1.1Si2O7 composition at any tempera...

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Autores: Fernández-Carrión, Alberto J., Allix, Mathieu, Florian, P., Suchomel, M. R., Becerro, Ana Isabel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/415263
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/415263
https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84867495832
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Pyrosilicates
Phase diagram
Polymorphism
Crystal structure from powder diffraction
89Y CPMG NMR spectroscopy
139La MAS NMR Spectroscopy
Crystallography
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Sumario:High resolution synchrotron powder XRD, 89Y CPMG NMR, and 139La MAS NMR spectroscopy have been applied to eventually draw the phase diagram of the La2Si2O7–Y2Si2O7 system. The diagram presents a solid solubility region of G-(La,Y)2Si2O7, which extends to the La0.9Y1.1Si2O7 composition at any temperature of this study. Compositions richer in Y show two-phase domains, with G + α at T < 1450 °C and G + δ at T > 1450 °C. The Y-rich extreme is more complex, showing two solid solution regions of δ- and γ-(La,Y)2Si2O7 polymorphs which appear with increasing Y content, respectively. It is interesting to note that the La for Y substitution mechanism in the G-(La,Y)2Si2O7 polymorph is not homogeneous, but a preferential occupation of Y for the RE2 site is observed. Finally, the 89Y and 139La isotropic chemical shift values in G-(La,Y)2Si2O7 have been described here for the first time and assigned to the different RE crystallographic sites of the unit cell.