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Crystallization and Transformation of Distorted Tetragonal YNbO 4
Author(s) -
YAMAGUCHI OSAMU,
MATSUI KAZUHIRO,
KAWABE TAKASHI,
SHIMIZU KIYOSHI
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1985.tb11530.x
Subject(s) - tetragonal crystal system , crystallization , yttrium , niobium , crystallography , materials science , amorphous solid , niobium oxide , tetrahedron , quenching (fluorescence) , crystal structure , mineralogy , chemistry , metallurgy , oxide , fluorescence , optics , physics , organic chemistry
Distorted tetragonal YNbO 4 crystallizes from an amorphous material prepared by the simultaneous hydrolysis of yttrium and niobium alkoxides. It can be preserved at room temperature by quenching and has a unit cell with α=0.5164 nm and c= I,0864 nm. The structure contains tetrahedral NbO 4 groups.