Ba0.5+x/2Zr2P3−xSixO12 or BaZPS compounds were synthesized by the sintering of powders formed by a solid-state reaction. The cell parameters of Ba0.5Zr2P3O12 and Ba0.5875Zr2P2.825Si0.175O12 were determined from X-ray diffraction (XRD) data based on the (#148) space group with hexagonal setting. The cell parameters were found to increase with increasing Si content in BaZPS.

X-ray diffraction analyses were applied to various pure nickel substrates while exposing them to oxygen at temperatures up to 800 °C. Coefficients of thermal expansion (CTE) were calculated from lattice parameters for both the nickel and the growing surface oxides. Behaviors more complex than the case for single phase bulk solids were observed due, in part, to oxidationinduced strains. The CTE values for such dynamic composite systems are not the same as those for the bulk solids. Thus, for example, the CTE values were found to be dependent on substrate metal thickness. In addition, discontinuities in the CTE's of both nickel and NiO occurred at or near their respective second order phase change temperatures.

Type 310S stainless steel was exposed in air at 900°C and simultaneously examined periodically by X-ray diffraction in an attempt to determine the structural evolution of the compounds formed on its surface. The adherent oxide product was found to be a two-layered scale composed of an inner sesquioxide and an outer spinel layer. Both of these compounds exhibited systematic changes in their unit cell sizes as a function of increasing exposure time at constant temperature. The spinel showed an increase in its lattice parameter while the sesquioxide and stainless steel substrate both had decreases in their parameters proportional to the square root of exposure time. In each of the three phases, the rate of change was constant up to approximately four hours after which the parameters approached a limiting value. Evidence also exists for the presence of at least localized stresses in the scales.