Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2019
Ila group metal - Zr pcrovskitc type compounds (MZrO3, M=Ba. Sr and Ca) and other oxides were studied by XPS to know the effects of M atoms to Zr atoms. And the feasibility of using XPS and high-resolution XRF for the coordination analysis of Zr atoms was examined for some kinds of stabilized zirconia. An almost linear relationship between the energy of Zr 3d peaks and the radii of Ila group metal ions was found, and, a simple model to interpret this relationship has been proposed. However, no relationship between the energy shifts of Zr 3d spectra or Zr Lα1, 2 spectra and the coordination numbers of Zr atoms in the several Zr oxide compounds was found. Thus, the coordination analysis using XPS or high-resolution XRF is not feasible.