X-ray powder diffraction investigation of new oxynitride precursors: Rare earth oxide compounds of fluorite- and sheelite-type structures in the Yb-(Zr,W)-O system

Powder Diffraction

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 344-351

  Maillard, Pascal ^a   B́nard Rocherulĺ, Patricia ^a   Roisnel, Thierry ^a   Tessier, Franck ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Ceramics; Oxynitride precursors; Structure and microstructure; X ray powder diffraction

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING CONDITION; CERAMICS; DIFFRACTION LINE BROADENING; MICRO-STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; OXYNITRIDES; PATTERN REFINEMENTS; RIETVELD STRUCTURE REFINEMENT; STRUCTURE AND MICROSTRUCTURES;

FLUORSPAR; MICROSTRUCTURE; NITRIDES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

YTTERBIUM;

EID: 36649028880     PISSN: 08857156     EISSN: 19457413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1154/1.2796189     Document Type: Conference Paper

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