PRECIPITATION AND DISSOLUTION OF EXTENDED DEFECTS IN CHROMIA-DOPED RUTILE.

L. A. Bursill, M. G. Blanchin, David J. Smith

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Abstract

Electron microscopy of chromia-doped rutile with in situ high-temperature observations complemented by ex situ furnace-heating experiments has established the following: (i) that (Ti, Cr)O//2// minus //x is a true non-stoichiometric phase containing small defects which are coherent with and highly mobile within the rutile lattice, such small defects being effectively randomized homogeneously throughout the lattice; (ii) the precipitation and dissolution temperatures for small/extended defect equilibria in (Tr, Cr)O//1//. //9//7//5, thus establishing a novel technique for determination of the stoichiometry dependence of the phase limits; (iii) the evolution of a characteristic sequence of microstructural textures prior to the formation of ordered crystallographic shear structures outside the phase limits; and (iv) the existence of hysteresis phenomena for the precipitation and dissolution temperatures. Refs.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)453-472
Number of pages20
JournalPhilosophical Magazine A: Physics of Condensed Matter, Structure, Defects and Mechanical Properties
Volume50
Issue number4
StatePublished - 1984
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • General Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)
  • Metals and Alloys

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