Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volume 35, Part 5 (October 2002)


short communications



J. Appl. Cryst. (2002). 35, 634-636    [ doi:10.1107/S0021889802011214 ]

Structural and anisotropic thermal expansion correlation of Li2ZrO3 at different temperatures

Z. K. Heiba and K. El-Sayed

Abstract: Structural and thermal expansion studies of Li2ZrO3 were carried out by recording X-ray powder diffraction patterns at five temperatures, 82, 198, 300, 423 and 573 K. The Rietveld refinement method was used for the analysis. There were large anisotropic changes in the lattice parameters as a function of temperature, slight changes in the fractional coordinates of the different atoms, and anisotropic changes in the interatomic distances between the different cations. The correlation of these anisotropies with the structure is considered.

Keywords: thermal expansion; low-temperature diffraction; powder diffraction.

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