Structure and phase transition of Sn-substituted Zr(1-x)SnxW2O8

De Meyer, C.; Bouree, F.; Evans, J.S.O.; De Buysser, K.; Bruneel, E.; Van Driessche, I.; Hoste, S.

Abstract

A conventional solid state reaction between ZrO2, SnO2 and WO3 was used to prepare the negative thermal expansion material Zr(1-x)SnxW2O8. The strong negative thermal expansion over a broad temperature range, which is well known for the pure zirconium tungstate compound, is also demonstrated in this substituted material. However, the order-disorder phase transition of the cubic materials was shown to shift towards lower temperatures, dependent on the degree of Sn4+-substitution, by dilatometry and temperature variable X-ray diffraction. This is attributed to the lower bond strength of the Sn-O bond in comparison to the Zr-O bond. The unit cell parameters of the material are significantly smaller due to the insertion of smaller Sn4+-cations on the Zr4+-position in the structure. For one composition (x = 0.3), the structure of Zr(1-x)SnxW2O8 was studied by neutron diffraction at two temperatures, 293 K and 473 K, corresponding to respectively the low temperature alpha-, and high temperature beta-polymorph of Zr(1-x)SnxW2O8. The refined structures were found to be similar to that of ZrW2O8 at the same temperatures. Variable temperature X-ray diffraction of the same sample was used to establish the phase transition temperature, by refining the fractional occupancy of the possible tungstate orientations with temperature.

Citation

De Meyer, C., Bouree, F., Evans, J., De Buysser, K., Bruneel, E., Van Driessche, I., & Hoste, S. (2004). Structure and phase transition of Sn-substituted Zr(1-x)SnxW2O8. Journal of materials chemistry, 14(20), 2988-2994

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2004-10
• Journal: Journal of Materials Chemistry
• Print ISSN: 0959-9428
• Electronic ISSN: 1364-5501
• Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 14
• Issue: 20
• Pages: 2988-2994
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1571107