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Influence of iron content on cell parameters of rhombohedral La0.6Sr0.4Co1−yFeyO3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2013

Johan E. ten Elshof*
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Inorganic Materials Science, Department of Chemical Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
Jaap Boeijsma
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Chemical Physics, Department of Chemical Technology, University of Twente, P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands

Abstract

Powder X-ray diffraction data are reported for La0.6Sr0.4Co1−yFeyO3 (y=0.1, 0.25, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1.0). The powders were prepared by thermal decomposition of metal-containing complex solutions. All compositions have rhombohedral unit cells. In hexagonal setting, the cell parameters are a=5.4388 Å, c=13.2355 Å for y=0.1; a=5.4427 Å, c=13.2542 Å for y=0.25; a=5.4530 Å, c=13.2838 Å for y=0.4; a=5.4769 Å, c=13.3175 Å for y=0.6; a=5.5057 Å, c=13.3918 Å for y=0.8; and a=5.5278 Å, c=13.4368 Å for y=1.0. The space group is probably R3c (167) for all compositions. The observed trends in the change of the pseudocubic cell parameter ac with increasing iron content can be explained in terms of substitution of Co4+ by Fe4+ when y<0.4, and substitution of Co3+ by Fe3+ when y≳0.4.

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Research Article
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