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Nanostructures of the Product Sequence in the Decomposition of Mixed Rare Earth Hydroxycarbonate Colloidal Particles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
The decomposition of colloidal spheres of mixed rare earth hydroxycarbonate to the oxide has been studied by three methods. a) The spheres are treated in a thermal analysis apparatus up to 1100°C and afterward successive reruns were made and specimens cooled rapidly at temperatures where intermediate or final products are formed. X-ray diffraction patterns and HREM studies were made of each sample thus produced. b) The spheres were heated to 450°C in the specimen chamber of a mass spectrometer and the gaseous decomposition products were monitored continuously. c) The colloidal spheres were introduced into the electron microscope and the decomposition followed at high resolution as evolution to the oxide was induced by the electron beam. The results are compared and contrasted.
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