Relative proportions of rutile and pseudo-brookite phases in the Fe(III)-TiO 2 system at elevated temperature

Abstract

The Fe(III)-TiO 2 system has been studied at T ≥ 1023 K in the range of concentration 2–10 at.% of iron by powder X-ray diffraction, transmission and scanning electron microscopy, and optical microscopy. The relationship between the relative proportions of the TiO 2 rutile phase and the pseudo-brookite phase Fe 2TiO 5, has been investigated in powder samples. Single crystals of pure rutile and rutile doped with 0.5 at.% of iron have been examined to elucidate the microstructures found in the powders. The results suggest that a low degree of solid solubility exists and that doped crystals contain planar faults on 101 planes.