Abstract
Abstract High-pressure X-ray diffraction and Raman studies on holmium sesquioxide (Ho2O3) have been carried out up to a pressure of ∼17 GPa in a diamond-anvil cell at room temperature. Holmium oxide, which has a cubic or bixbyite structure under ambient conditions, undergoes an irreversible structural phase transition at around 9.5 GPa. The high-pressure phase has been identified to be low symmetry monoclinic type. The two phases coexist to up to about 16 GPa, above which the parent phase disappears. The high-pressure laser-Raman studies have revealed that the prominent Raman band ∼370 cm−1 disappears around the similar transition pressure. The bulk modulus of the parent phase is reported.
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