Abstract
In situ neutron powder diffraction patterns analyzed by the Rietveld technique show no interstitial occupation for 0 < x < 0.05 at 1673 K. At a larger deviation from stoichiometry, x = 0.09, an interstitial occupation of 2(1) pct. has been measured, similar to that observed for Fe1-xO at 1323 K. The vacancy interstitial ratio of 5.5 is indicative of a mixture of small cation vacancy clusters and unassociated cation vacancies. New theoretical results indicate that the oxygen shell around a defect cluster expands to help stablize the cluster. In situ X-ray single crystal diffraction studies of Mn1-xO (0<x<0.056) at 1573K show no superstructure peaks or diffuse maxima in reciprocal space where maxima are observed for Fe1-xO. By comparison with the absolute intensities from diffuse scattering in Fe1-xO it is evident that even a small degree of cluster ordering should have been visible, even at 1573K. This information is employed to model new measurements of conductivity at large deviations from stoichiometry.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 141-154 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids |
Volume | 53 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1992 |
Funding
Acknowledgements-Thwiso rk has benefitedg reatlyf rom the use of the IntenseP ulsed Neutron Sourcea t Argonne National Laboratory, supported by the Departmento f Energy under contractB ESMaterials SciencesW -3 1-109-ENG-38 at ANL. Work performeda t Northwesternw as supportedb y the Departmento f Energy under contract DOE-FGO284ER45097t;h e X-ray measuremenwtse reo b-tained in NorthwesternU niversity’s X-ray’s Diffraction Facility, supportedi n part by NSF’s Materials Research Center underc ontractN o. DMR 8821571.
Keywords
- Manganous oxide
- defect clusters in oxides
- defects in oxides
- electrical conductivity in oxides
- manganosite
- oxides
- transition metal oxides
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Chemistry
- General Materials Science
- Condensed Matter Physics