Coupled Al/Si and O/N order/disorder in BaYb[Si4-xAl xOxN7-x] sialon: Neutron powder diffraction and Monte Carlo simulations

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 222, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 402-415

  Vinograd, Victor L ^a   Juarez Arellano, Erick A ^a   Lieb, Alexandra ^b,e   Knorr, Karsten ^c   Schnick, Wolfgang ^b   Gale, Julian D ^d   Winkler, Björn ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE VERSAILLES SAINT QUENTIN EN YVELINES   (France)

Author keywords

Cation and anion ordering; Monte Carlo simulation; Neutron scattering; Oxonitridoaluminosilicate; Powder diffraction structure analysis; Sialon; Substitution effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547592810     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2007.222.8.402     Document Type: Article

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