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Near-zero thermal expansion and phase transition in In0.5(ZrMg)0.75Mo3O12

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Physical properties of In0.5(ZrMg)0.75Mo3O12, including the coefficient of thermal expansion, phase stability, hygroscopicity, and decomposition temperature have been thoroughly studied by in situ x-ray powder diffraction, Raman spectroscopy and thermal methods. These investigations show that In0.5(ZrMg)0.75Mo3O12 exists in a monoclinic phase (P 21/ a) at room temperature and transforms to an orthorhombic (Pbcn) phase at ∼82 °C. In the orthorhombic form this material presents intrinsic near-zero thermal expansion (−0.16 × 10−6 K−1) in the range between 100 and 500 °C. The phase is not hygroscopic, but starts to decompose into its constituent oxides at temperatures higher than 700 °C. In comparison to the end member phase ZrMgMo3O12 in the In2Mo3O12–ZrMgMo3O12 solid solution, In0.5(ZrMg)0.75Mo3O12 is less promising for near room-temperature applications due to the phase transition from monoclinic to orthorhombic slightly above room temperature. However, the orthorhombic phase of In0.5(ZrMg)0.75Mo3O12 has potential for applications that require zero thermal expansion at temperatures higher than 100 °C.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

B.A.M. is grateful to CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development) for a Research Productivity Grant. L.P.P. and P.I.P. are grateful to CNPq for scholarships. The authors are grateful to undergraduate student Gabriella Faro for technical assistance. This study was supported by the NSERC Canada (grants to M.A.W.), and the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Atlantic Innovation Fund and other partners that fund the Facilities for Materials Characterization managed by the Institute for Research in Materials at Dalhousie University. Aspects of this study were sponsored by the Department of the Army, U.S. Army Research Office.

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  1. Departamento de Engenharia Química e de Materiais, Pontifícia Universidade Católica, 22451-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil

    Luciana P. Prisco, Patricia I. Pontón & Bojan A. Marinkovic

  2. Faculdade de Física, Universidade Federal do Pará, Belém, PA, 66075-110, Brasil

    Waldeci Paraguassu

  3. Department of Chemistry, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada

    Carl P. Romao & Mary Anne White

  4. Institute for Research in Materials, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada

    Mary Anne White

  5. Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 4R2, Canada

    Mary Anne White

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Prisco, L.P., Pontón, P.I., Paraguassu, W. et al. Near-zero thermal expansion and phase transition in In0.5(ZrMg)0.75Mo3O12. Journal of Materials Research 31, 3240–3248 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2016.329

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