XRD, electron probe wavelength and energy dispersive X-ray analyses were us
ed to reexamine the phase relations in the La2O(3)-TiO2 system. The diagram
was redrawn to include the compound La4Ti3O12 in addition to La4Ti9O24, La
2Ti2O7 and La2TiO5. Above 1455 degrees C a cation deficient perovskite La2/
3TiO3 is stabilized by a small number of Ti3+ ions and remains stable on co
oling in air. The proposed diagram represents a section through the system
at the normal oxygen pressure in air at 1 atm, compositions being expressed
in terms of the oxide components stable at room temperature. (C) 2000 Else
vier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.