MONOCLINIC-TO-TETRAGONAL PHASE-TRANSFORMATION IN A CERAMIC RARE-EARTHORTHONIOBATE, LANBO4

Authors
Citation
L. Jian et Cm. Wayman, MONOCLINIC-TO-TETRAGONAL PHASE-TRANSFORMATION IN A CERAMIC RARE-EARTHORTHONIOBATE, LANBO4, Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 80(3), 1997, pp. 803-806
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science, Ceramics
ISSN journal
00027820
Volume
80
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
803 - 806
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-7820(1997)80:3<803:MPIACR>2.0.ZU;2-N
Abstract
The monoclinic-to-tetragonal phase transformation in LaNbO4 has been i nvestigated by X-ray diffraction and dilatometry, Based on the experim ental results and theoretical concerns (Landau theory and thermodynami cs), it is suggested that this transformation is second order in natur e.