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Crystallization of Perovskites from Solutions
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 February 2011
Abstract
LaMnO3 and PbZrO3 perovskites have been synthesized through coprecipitation and sol-gel techniques. After the drying and calcination steps, amorphous mixtures of oxides have been obtained. They are unstable towards phase separation. Therefore, their homogeneity and reactivity strongly depend on the parameters of the calcination, such as the temperature and heating rate. In all cases, the perovskite structure crystallizes around 600°C through nucleation- or diffusion-limited kinetics. The reaction rate depends on the history of the material. A mechanistic interpretation of the reaction, based on the similarity between the structures of PbO, ZrO2, Mn2O3 and La2O3 is proposed.
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