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The double-peak phenomenon of the phase transition of Rb substituting K in LiKSO4, competition between Rb sublattice and smearing the phase transition

Research Authors
M. A. Gaffar, Mohamad M. Ahmed, K. Yamada, and T. Okuda
Research Abstract

The influence of Rb in the triple sulfate LiK(1−x)RbxSO4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.2) compound on the structural and thermal properties of the bulk material is discussed. Samples were prepared by fusing the sulfates in stoichiometric ratios in a platinum crucible at 1273 K for 30 min. The x-ray powder diffraction measurements were performed at ambient temperature. The crystal structure parameters were refined by the Rietveld method using the FullProf program. The analysis indicated a single-phase having a hexagonal symmetry with space group P63 regardless of the Rb content. Thermal analysis by differential scanning calorimetry shows a considerable shift of the phase transition point towards lower temperatures with increasing Rb content. A pre-transitional effect is observed by differential thermal analysis of the sample without Rb contribution while for the sample with 20% Rb the transition is represented by double endothermic peaks. The energy of transition has been estimated using the Kissinger method for samples with different concentrations of Rb

Research Department
Research Journal
Phys. D.: Applied Phys
Research Rank
1
Research Vol
Vol. 40
Research Year
2007
Research Pages
pp. 4360-4367