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An extended x-ray absorption fine structure study of rare-earth phosphate glasses near the metaphosphate composition

Anderson, Ruth, Brennan, Tessa, Cole, Jacqueline M., Mountjoy, Gavin, Pickup, David M., Newport, Robert J., Saunders, George A. (1999) An extended x-ray absorption fine structure study of rare-earth phosphate glasses near the metaphosphate composition. Journal of Materials Research, 14 (12). pp. 4706-4714. ISSN 0884-2914. (doi:10.1557/JMR.1999.0637) (KAR id:15861)

Abstract

A variable-temperature (79, 145, and 293 K) extended x-ray absorption fine structure study, using rare-earth L-III absorption edges, is reported for phosphate glasses doped with rare-earth elements (R, where R = La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, and Er) with compositions close to metaphosphate, R(PO3)(3). The results yield nearest-neighbor R-O distances that demonstrate the lanthanide contraction in a glassy matrix and an R-O coordination intermediate between 6 and 7 for ran-earth ions with smaller atomic number (Z) and 6 for rare-earth ions with larger Z, Thermal parameters show no significant changes in R-O distances or coordination numbers between 293 and 79 K. There is evidence of an R-P correlation between 3.3 and 3.6 Angstrom and the beginning of a second R-O correlation at approximately 4 Angstrom. No R-R correlations up to a distance of approximately 4 ii were observed.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1557/JMR.1999.0637
Subjects: Q Science
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: J.M. Smith
Date Deposited: 08 May 2009 16:07 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 09:53 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/15861 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Mountjoy, Gavin.

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Pickup, David M..

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Newport, Robert J..

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