Abstract
Materials based on CeO 2–La 2O 3 system are promising candidates for a wide range of applications, but the phase relationship has not been studied systematically previously. To address this challenge, the subsection of the phase diagram for 1100 and 1500 °C have been elucidated. Samples of different compositions have been prepared from nitrate acid solutions using conventional ceramic techniques; evaporation, drying, and calcinations. The phase relations in the binary CeO 2–La 2O 3 system at 1100–1500 °C were studied from the heat treated samples using X-ray diffraction analysis, petrographic investigation and scanning electron microscopy in the overall concentration range. It was established that in the binary CeO 2–La 2O 3 system there exist fields of solid solutions based on hexagonal (A) modification of La 2O 3, and cubic modification of CeO 2 with fluorite-type structure (F). The systematic study that covered whole composition range excluded formation of new phases. The refined lattice parameter of the unit cell and the boundaries of the homogeneity fields for solid solutions were determined.
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