J. Holsa et al., X-RAY-POWDER DIFFRACTION AND VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATION OF THE LAO(CL1-XBRX) SOLID-SOLUTIONS, Journal of alloys and compounds, 249(1-2), 1997, pp. 217-220
The formation of the anion solid solutions in the LaO(Cl1-xBrx) (0 les
s than or equal to(xBr)less than or equal to 1; Delta x(Br)=0.2) serie
s was studied by the vibrational (FT-Raman) spectroscopic and X-ray po
wder diffraction (XPD) techniques. The Raman spectra were successfully
analyzed by using the factor group analysis. The crystal structures f
or all members of the system were resolved from the X-ray diffraction
data by using the Rietveld profile refinement method. The LaO(Cl1-xBrx
) system appears to retain the tetragonal structure throughout the who
le series. However, there exists two regions of the tetragonal LaOX (X
=Cl or Br) phases: the chloride- and bromide-rich regions between 0 le
ss than or equal to x(Br)less than or equal to 0.4 and 0.4 less than o
r equal to x(Br)less than or equal to 1, respectively. Only insignific
ant formation of solid solutions could be observed since the lattice p
arameter a and c values changed only slightly from those for the pure
LaOCl and LaOBr in these two regions. Despite the absence of the solid
solubility, no phase separation occurred as predicted by the Vegard's
rule since the difference in the ionic radius of the Cl- and Br- ions
is only about 8%. The FT-Raman studies yielded practically constant n
umber and energies of the vibrations throughout the whole LaO(Cl1-xBrx
) series resulting in similar conclusions.