Phase equilibrium in systems based on oxides of zirconium, lanthanum and samarium

Abstract

According to the results of the samples studied by X-ray diffraction and microstructural analyzes the phase equilibria in the binary La2O3 – Sm2O3 and ternary ZrO2 – La2O3 – Sm2O3 systems were studied. The boundaries of the phase fields of the binary system are specified and an isothermal cross section of the ternary state diagram of the ZrO2 – La2O3 – Sm2O3 system at a temperature of 1500 °C is constructed. No new phases have been identified in the studied systems. It is established that in the ternary system ZrO2 – La2O3 – Sm2O3 at 1500 °C fields of solid solutions on the basis of cubic (F) modification with structure of fluorite type, tetragonal (T) modification of ZrO2, monoclinic (B) modifications of Sm2O3, hexagonal (A) are formed. La2O3, as well as an ordered phase with a structure of the type of pyrochlore Ln2Zr2O7 (Py). The boundaries of the phase fields and the parameters of the unit cells of the formed phases are determined. A characteristic feature of this isothermal cross section is the formation of a continuous series of solid solutions based on the phase of the pyrochlore type La2Zr2O7 (Sm2Zr2O7). The limiting solubility of Sm2O3 in the ordered phase La2Zr2O7 is 16 mol. % along the section Sm2O3- (67 mol.% ZrO2 - 33 mol.% La2O3). The solubility of La2O3 in the solid solution Sm2Zr2O7 is slightly less and is 11 mol. % along the section La2O3- (67 mol.% ZrO2 - 33 mol.% Sm2O3). The isothermal cross-section of the state diagram of the ZrO2 – La2O3 – Sm2O3 system at 1500 °C is characterized by the presence of three three-phase (Py + T + F), (A + Py + B), (Py + F + B) and eight two-phase (A + Py), (B + A), (B + Py), (F + B), (T + F), (Py + T), (F + Py-two) areas.