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Synthesis and sintering of submicron Nd:YAG particles prepared from carbonate precursors

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Using high-temperature X-ray diffraction, differential scanning calorimetry, and electron microscopy, we have studied the formation of yttrium aluminates and Nd:YAG (YAG) activated garnet nanoparticles during the thermal decomposition of a poorly crystallized carbonate precursor prepared in the NH4Al(OH)2CO3–(Y,Nd)(ОН)CO3 nanosystem and the development of the morphological structure of powders during heating to a temperature of 1350°C. The results demonstrate that heat treatment in the temperature range 850–950°C leads to the formation of metastable nonstoichiometric YAlO3 with a garnet-like structure, which reacts with Al2O3 at a temperature of 1000°C to form YAG. The cubic cell parameter a and X-ray density of YAG crystals with the composition Y2.97Nd0.03Al5O12 synthesized at 1200°C are 1.2009 nm and 4.565 g/cm3, respectively, and the average particle size is 108 nm. Using carbonate route, we prepared transparent Nd:YAG ceramics with a relative density of 99.7%, X-ray density of 4.562 g/cm3, and crystallite size in the range 1–7 μm.

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Original Russian Text © T.Yu. Kolomiets, G.B. Tel’nova, A.A. Ashmarin, V.I. Chelpanov, K.A. Solntsev, 2017, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2017, Vol. 53, No. 8, pp. 890–899.

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Kolomiets, T.Y., Tel’nova, G.B., Ashmarin, A.A. et al. Synthesis and sintering of submicron Nd:YAG particles prepared from carbonate precursors. Inorg Mater 53, 874–882 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168517080076

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