%0 Journal Article
%A Murphy, Gabriel L.
%A Kennedy, Brendan J.
%A Zhang, Zhaoming
%A Avdeev, Maxim
%A Brand, Helen E. A.
%A Kegler, Philip
%A Alekseev, Evgeny
%T Structure and phase transition in BaThO 3 : A combined neutron and synchrotron X-ray diffraction study
%J Journal of alloys and compounds
%V 727
%@ 0925-8388
%C Lausanne
%I Elsevier
%M FZJ-2017-06105
%P 1044-1049
%D 2017
%X The structure of BaThO3, obtained by solid state synthesis, was refined for the first time by the Rietveld method using a combination of synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data. BaThO3 has an orthorhombic structure at room temperature, in space group Pbnm with a = 6.3491(5), b = 6.3796(4) and c = 8.9907(7) Å. Heating BaThO3 to above 700 °C results in a continuous transition to a second orthorhombic structure, in space group Ibmm, demonstrated by both in situ neutron and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction measurements. The coefficient of volumetric thermal expansion for BaThO3 is determined to be 1.04 × 10−5 °C-1 from 50 to 625 °C (Pbnm phase), and 9.43 × 10−6 °C-1 from 800 to 1000 °C (Ibmm phase). BaThO3 was found to decompose upon exposure to atmospheric moisture resulting in the formation of ThO2. The thermal expansion of ThO2, which invariably co-exists with BaThO3, is also described.
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%9 Journal Article
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%R 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.08.200
%U https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/837116