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Negative Thermal Expansion Behaviour in The NZP Phase NbTi(PO4)3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 February 2011

D. A. Woodcock ,
P. Lightfoot  and
R. I. Smith
D. A. Woodcock
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, Purdie Building, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, UK, KY16 9ST, pl@st-and.ac.uk
P. Lightfoot
Affiliation:
School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, Purdie Building, North Haugh, St. Andrews, Fife, UK, KY16 9ST, pl@st-and.ac.uk
R. I. Smith
Affiliation:
The ISIS Facility, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0QX
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Abstract

We present new detailed structural data versus temperature on the Nasicon structured material NbTi(PO4)3 obtained from powder neutron diffraction studies. This material shows a significant volume contraction over the range 20°C < T < 700°C. αa varies between –4.34 and -0.11 × 10-6°C-1 and αc between 0.08 and 3.07 × 10-6°C-1 over this range. This behaviour contrasts with the case of NaTi2(PO4)3 (NaTP) which shows a positive volume expansion. The difference in this behaviour can be explained by the presence of filled MI sites in NaTP which are vacant in the case of NbTP.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 547: Symposium DD – Solid-State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials II , 1998 , 191
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1999

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