Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Synthesis and Low-temperature Sintering Behavior of Sr-doped Lanthanum Chromite Powders

LIU Wei-Ming, LI Sheng-Li, LI Shi-Gang, WANG Xiao   

  1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shandong University, Ji’nan 250061, China
  • Received:2006-11-03 Revised:2007-03-19 Published:2007-11-20 Online:2007-11-20

Abstract: La1-x SrxCrO3 powders were synthesized by a sol-gel method and sintered at a low temperature. The powders and sintered pellets were characterized by XRD, TEM, DSC and SEM. It is found that the mean particle size is below 50nm. The powder with x=0 and 0.1 of single phase of La1-x SrxCrO3, and another phase SrCrO4 appears with x=0.3. Lattice distorts and lattice parameters of lanthanum chromite decrease with increasing Sr content. The sintering process of lanthanum chromite can be divided into two stages: a slow exothermic effect below 1200℃ and a quick exothermic effect near 1350℃, corresponding to the primary and intermediate sintering stage, respectively. The relative density of the sintered body (x=0.3) after sintering at 1380℃ is 91%, according to the procedure derived from the DSC analysis.

Key words: lanthanum chromite, sol-gel, rare-earth, sintering

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