Surface tension of a titanium-containing oxide–fluoride melt calculated by the polymer theory

The surface tension of an aluminum–calcium oxide–fluoride melt is calculated using the polymer theory. It is shown that, at 15 mol % titanium oxide in the melt, aluminum–fluorine–oxygen complexes mainly form. When the titanium oxide content increases further, these complexes disappear and are partly replaced by titanium–oxygen TiO ₄ ^4- and Ti₂O ₇ ^6- anions and titanium–fluorine–oxygen groups.     

Effect of Li<Subscript>2</Subscript>O on the Behavior of Melting,Crystallization, and Structure for CaO-Al<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript>-Based Mold Fluxes

The effect of Li₂O content on the behavior of melting, crystallization, and molten structure for CaO-Al₂O₃-based mold fluxes was investigated in this article, through use of single hot thermocouple technology (SHTT), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The SHTT results showed that the melting temperature range of the designed mold fluxes decreases and the crystallization of mold fluxes is inhibited first and then becomes enhanced when the Li₂O content increases from 1 to 6 mass pct. The FTIR and Raman spectroscopy results suggested that Li₂O could release O^2? ions to break the complex Al-O-Al structural unit into Al-O^? structure. Meanwhile, Li₂O could also stabilize the structural unit of Si-O-Al by link aluminate and Q ₀ ^Si structure through providing Li⁺ ions to merge into the network and compensate for the charges between Al³⁺ and Si⁴⁺. Besides, the XRD results indicated that the precipitation of LiAlO₂ in molten slag would enhance the crystallization behavior of mold flux when Li₂O content is over 4.5 mass pct.     

Calculation of the structural and thermodynamic constants of normal chromium spinels

The interstructural distances and crystal lattice parameters of complex chromium spinels of variable composition having five different cations are determined according to the earlier developed procedure taking into account their crystal lattices and calculated effective ionic radii. Using these structural characteristics, the enthalpy of the crystal lattice and the enthalpy of spinel formation are calculated. The composition-lattice parameter and composition-enthalpy of the formation diagrams are constructed for (Mg _i ²⁺ Fe _j ²⁺ )O · (Fe _x ³⁺ Al _y ³⁺ Cr _z ³⁺ )₂O₃ spinels. They make it possible to determine the lattice parameter and the enthalpy of oxide formation for any spinel composition.     

Thermodynamic fundamentals of ferrous cake sulfitization

The Pourbaix diagrams of the systems SO₄^2??SO₃^2??H₂O and iron hydroxide (oxide)–H₂O are refined. The E(pH) dependence of the sulfitization of iron(III) hydroxide is refined with allowance for the regions of predominant phase constituents of the systems. The potential E–pH electrochemical equilibrium diagrams of the systems Fe(OH)₃–H₂SO₄–SO₃^2?–H₂O, FeOOH–H₂SO₄–SO₃^2?–H₂O, and Fe₂O₃–H₂SO₄–SO₃^2?–H₂O are plotted. These diagrams can be considered as a thermodynamic basis for the sulfite conversion of the ferrous cake of copper–nickel production.     

Effects of Solute and Surfactant Addition on the Crystallization and Morphology of Hydroxyapatite Powders Synthesized by Hydrolysis of Calcium Hydrogen Phosphate Dehydrate (DCPD)

The effects of the addition of alcohol and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) on the crystallization and the morphology of hydroxyapatite (HA) powders synthesized by hydrolysis of calcium hydrogen phosphate dehydrate (DCPD) in the 2.5 M NaOH solutions at 348 K (75 °C) for 1 hour have been studied. The values of zeta potential have large differences between the sums of DCPD with CTAB (Z _DCPD+CTAB) minus the sum of DCPD and CTAB (Z _DCPD + Z _CTAB), and of HA with CTAB (Z _HA+CTAB) minus the sum of HA and CTAB (Z _HA + Z _CTAB), respectively. When the hydrolysis of DCPD occurred in the 2.5 M NaOH solutions at 348 K (75 °C) for 1 hour both with and without alcohol and CTAB, XRD results show the only one phase of HA in the as-dried powders. When the NaOH solution does not contain CTAB, the crystallite size of HA powders decreased from 23 ± 1 to 16 ± 1 nm as the alcohol content was more than 50 pct. The crystallite size of HA powders obtained from DCPD synthesized in the 2.5 M NaOH solution with 1.0 × 10^?3 M CTAB decreased when the alcohol content was increased to 70 pct, whereas the crystallite size increased when the alcohol concentration was greater than that of 70 pct. SEM images show that the HA powders have a rod-like shape when DCPD was synthesized in the 2.5 M NaOH solution without CTAB or alcohol. When the NaOH solution had 1.0 × 10^?3 M CTAB and various alcohol concentrations, the morphology of HA powder still maintained a rod-like or needle-like shape. The HA powder had a maximum specific surface area of 180.25 m²/g when the hydrolysis of DCPD occurred in a 2.5 M NaOH solution containing 1.0 × 10^?3 M CTAB and 70 pct alcohol at 348 K (75 °C) for 1 hour.     

Coupled-solute drag effects on ferrite formation in Fe-C-X systems

The influence of X upon proeutectoid ferrite/microstructurally defined bainite formation in Fe-C-X alloys, where X is Co, Cr, Cu, Mn, Mo, Ni, Ni, Si, or V, is examined in terms of the competing influences of the coupled-solute drag effect (C-SDE) and the shifting in the paraequilibrium Ae3 curve. The relative strength of the C-SDE was estimated primarily in terms of the influence of X upon the Wagner interaction parameter for C-X interaction in austenite, ε ₁₂ ^γ . Changes in the W _s (Widmanstätten-start temperature) with X additions at a constant pct C are ascribed almost entirely to shifts in the paraequilibrium Ae3. Influence of X upon the steady-state nucleation rate of ferrite allotriomorphs at austenite grain faces is largely explicable upon the same basis, though additional effects appear to be exerted by Mn and Ni upon relative values of the interfacial energies involved in the nucleation process. Development of a bay in the TTT curve for initiation of ferrite formation occurs more readily with increasingly negative ε ₁₂ ^γ and increasing carbon concentration. When ε ₁₂ ^γ > 1, considerably larger X and C concentrations are required to form what may sometimes be described as a “virtual bay,” only the lower portion of which is experimentally detectable. As ε ₁₂ ^γ becomes increasingly negative (but not as much when ε ₁₂ ^γ is increasingly positive), the influence of paraequilibrium Ae3 shifts is much diminished. Widmanstätten sideplate formation is also increasingly suppressed and replaced by grain boundary and twin boundary allotriomorphs at temperatures between the upper nose and the bay of the ferrite-start TTT curve. Changes in carbide precipitation patterns and replacement of (Fe, X)₃C by alloy carbides directly follow from these alterations in ferrite morphology. When ε ₁₂ ^γ is sufficiently negative, incomplete transformation occurs below the bay temperature. Much higher proportions of X and C are required to produce this effect when ε ₁₂ ^γ > 1. Still more negative values of ε ₁₂ ^γ may be required to develop the degenerate ferrite microstructures below the bay that result from increasing C-SDE restrictions on growth and the consequent frequently repeated sympathetic nucleation.     

Process Parameters on the Crystallization and Morphology of Hydroxyapatite Powders Prepared by a Hydrolysis Method

The effects of process parameters on the crystallization and morphology of hydroxyapatite (Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂, HA) powders synthesized from dicalcium phosphate dihydrate (CaHPO₄·2H₂O, DCPD) using a hydrolysis method have been investigated. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) were used to characterize the synthesized powders. When DCPD underwent hydrolysis in 2.5 NaOH solution (Na_(aq)) at 303 K to 348 K (30 °C to 75 °C) for 1 hour, the XRD results revealed that HA was obtained for all the as-dried samples. The SEM morphology of the HA powders for DCPD hydrolysis produced at 348 K (75 °C) shows regular alignment and a short rod shape with a size of 200 nm in length and 50 nm in width. With DCPD hydrolysis in 2.5 M NaOH_(aq) holding at 348 K (75 °C) for 1 to 24 hours, XRD results demonstrated that all samples were HA and no other phases could be detected. Moreover, the XRD results also show that all the as-dried powders still maintained the HA structure when DCPD underwent hydrolysis in 0.1 to 5 M NaOH_(aq) at 348 K (75 °C) for 1 hour. Otherwise, the full transformation from HA to octa-calcium phosphate (OCP, Ca₈H₂(PO₄)₆·5H₂O) occurred when hydrolysis happened in 10 M NaOH_(aq). FT-IR spectra analysis revealed that some carbonated HA (Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(CO₃), CHA) had formed. The SEM morphology results show that the 60 to 65 nm width of the uniformly long rods with regular alignment formed in the HA powder aggregates when DCPD underwent hydrolysis in 2.5 M NaOH_(aq) at 348 K (75 °C) for 1 hour.     

Synthesis and characterization of YAG: Ce3+ fluorescence powders by co-precipitation method

YAG:Ce³⁺(Yttrium aluminum garnet) fluorescence powders were successfully prepared by co-precipitation method using aluminum nitrate, yttrium nitrate, cerous nitrate as the starting materials and ammonium carbonate as precipitant. The products were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, luminescence spectrometer, transmission electron microscope (TEM). The XRD results showed that the obtained YAG:Ce³⁺ fluorescence powders had the crystalline structures of YAG at calcinations temperature of 900 °C and the TEM results showed that the grain diameters were about 100 nm. The YAG:Ce³⁺ fluorescence powders, synthesized by co-precipitation method, had the best luminescence property when the Ce doping amount was x=0.06 in the molecular formula of Y_3-xCe_xAl₅O₁₂, the calcinations time was 2 h and the calcinations temperature was 1000 °C.     

Composition and Mobility of Ionic Ensembles in Slags for Steel Refining in the Ladle–Furnace Unit

High-lime synthetic slags for refining steels in the ladle–furnace unit are investigated. The content of the slag mixtures is as follows: 60 wt % CaO, 7 and 8 wt % MgO, 7–23 wt % Al₂O₃, and 9–18 wt % SiO₂, with additions of 8 wt % CaF₃ and 5–15 wt % Na₂O. Polymer theory is used to calculate the composition of the anionic subsystem in the slag melts. The log-mean polymerization constants K _p ^* for multicomponent melts are calculated from the known polymerization constants in binary systems. It is found that K _p ^* ≈ 10^–3–10^–2 in the range 1500–1600°C. In that range, the melt’s degree of polymerization is 3 × 10^–4–8 × 10^–3. In the most polymerized melt, the ionic content of the dimers Si₂O ₇ ^6- and Al₂O ₇ ^8- is no more than 0.1 and 1.5% of the values for the corresponding monomers. Therefore, we assume, with an error of about 2%, that the structural units of the anionic subsystem are monomers AlO ₄ ^5- and SiO ₄ ^4- simple O^2– and F^– ions (slag 7). The cationic subsystem consists of Ca²⁺, Mg²⁺, Na⁺, and Al³⁺ ions in octahedral coordination with oxygen (less than 3% of all the Al atoms). In all the melts, the concentrations of free oxygen ions O^2– and Ca²⁺ ions are similar. In half the cases, the content of O^2– ions is greater than the content of Ca²⁺ ions. The mean mobility U and self-diffusion coefficient D for all the cations are calculated from data for the electrical conductivity and the density. With increase in temperature from 1500 to 1600°C, U and D increase by 50 and 60%, respectively, in all the slags. With increase in the mutual substitution of the components in the slag mixtures M = n(Na₂O, CaF₂)/n(Al₂O₃ + SiO₂), mol/mol, at 1600°C, U increases from 1.14 × 10^–8 to 1.46 × 10^–8 m²/(V s) for slags 1–6 (0 ≤ M ≤ 1.1) and from 1.01 × 10^–8 to 1.66 × 10^–8 m²/(V s) for slags 7–10 (0.25 ≤ M ≤ 0.65). Correspondingly, D increases from 9.2 × 10^–10 to 12.8 × 10^–10 m²/s for slags 1–6 and from 8.2 × 10^–10 to 14.3 × 10^–10 m²/s for slags 7–10. The temperature dependence of U and D may be approximated by an Arrhenius equation with activation energies E _U and E _D . With increase in M in the given ranges, E _U declines from 146 to 100 kJ/mol (slags 1–6) and from 124.5 to 109 kJ/mol (slags 7–10). Likewise, E _D declines from 159 to 116.5 kJ/mol (slags 1–6) and from 139.5 to 124 kJ/mol (slags 7–10). The mean values of E _U and E _D correlate with the mean distance between the cations in the melts. On the basis of the proposed alternative model of the conductivity, the O^2– ions may also transfer electric charge. Preliminary estimates show that the oxygen transport number at 1600°C may exceed 0.1 in some slags.     

Laser Absorbency of Samarium Borate Prepared by Solid-State Reaction

Submicron SmBO₃ powders were prepared by solid-state reaction method using H₃BO₃ and Sm₂O₃ powders as starting materials. The phase evolution, morphologies and laser absorbency of the synthesized powders were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and reflectivity analyzer. The results showed that the powders calcined at 800 °C consisted of a little amount of intermediate phase of Sm(BO₂)₃ besides the main crystalline phase of SmBO₃. However, at 900 °C, the intermediate phase disappeared and the single, pure SmBO₃ phase was obtained. The prepared powders were aggregated and uniform with irregular morphologies and an average original particle size of about 500 nm. The FTIR showed that an apparent absorbent peak appeared at the wavelength of 10.6 μm laser. Moreover, the reflectivity of the powders apparently decreased at the wavelength of 1.064 μm laser. The synthesized SmBO₃ powders might may be a kind of promising absorbent of laser camouflage materials.     

Effects of annealing temperature and neodymium concentration on structural and photoluminescence properties of Nd~(3+)-doped Y_2O_3-SiO_2 powders

We report the structural and photoluminescence(PL) properties of Nd~(3+)-doped Y_2 O_3-SiO_2 powders(Y_2 O_3-SiO_2:Nd~(3+)) as functions of annealing temperature and Nd~(3+) ion doping concentration.Y_2 O_3-SiO_2:Nd~(3+)powders were prepared using the high-energy ball-milling(HEBM) method,and their structural and PL properties were investigated using X-ray diffraction(XRD),Fourier transform infrared(FTIR) spectroscopy,and PL spectroscopy.The XRD results reveal a cubic phase without impurities,and the peak broadening decreases with an increase in annealing temperature due to the increase in the crystallite size.The PL emission intensity increases with an increase in annealing temperature.The highest PL emission intensity is observed for the 300-min milled mixture annealed at 1000℃ for 1 h with a Nd~(3+) concentration of 1 mol%.The PL peaks excited by 800 nm radiation were detected,centered at 1080 nm(~4 F_(3/2)→~4 I_(11/2)) and 1350 nm(~4 F_(3/2)→~4 I_(13/2)).     

Er3+-substituted W-type barium ferrite: preparation and electromagnetic properties

Er3+-substituted W-type barium ferrites Ba1-xErx(Zn0.3Co0.7)2Fe16O27(x=0.00,0.05,0.10,0.15,0.20)were synthesized by polymer adsorbent combustion method.Samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis(XRD),X-ray fluorescence(XRF),scanning electron microscopy(SEM)and network analyzer to investigate the relationships among Er3+concentration,crystal structure,surface mcrphology and electromagnetic properties.All the XRD patterns showed pure phase of W-type barium ferrite when x≤0.15,while the impurity phase of ErFeO3 appeared when x=0.20.The pure W-type barium ferrite showed a hexagonal flake shape.In addition,the microwave electromagnetic properties of samples were analyzed in the frequency range of 2-18 GHz.It was indicated that the electromagnetic properties were significantly improved when Er3+doping content was 0.10.The reasons were also discussed using electromagnetic theory.The optimized ferrite exhibited excellent microwave absoption performance.The maximum of reflection loss(RL)reached about-27.4 dB and RL was below-10dB at the frequency range from 8.4 GHz to 18 GHz,when the thickness was 2.6 mm.     

Phase Transformation and Morphology of Calcium Phosphate Prepared by Electrochemical Deposition Process Through Alkali Treatment and Calcination

The phase transformation and morphology of calcium phosphate prepared by the electrochemical deposition (ECD) process through alkali treatment and calcination have been characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), thermogravimetry and differential thermal analyses (TG/DTA), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). At the ECD process, when the excess OH^? was produced, the reaction of 10Ca²⁺+6PO ₄ ^3? +2OH–→Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂ takes place on the Ti-6Al-4V and the HA is deposited. The XRD results reveal that the as-deposit was mostly composed of dicalcium phosphate dehydrate (Ca₂H₄P₂O₉; DCPD) and the minor phase of hydroxyapatite (Ca₁₀(PO₄)₆(OH)₂; HA). After NaOH treatment, all DCPD were converted to HA. Moreover, the content of HA phase increases with ECD potential. After being calcined at 673 K and 873 K (400  °C and 600  °C) for 4 hours, the phase of HA maintained the major phase for an alkali-treated deposited sample. After being calcined at 1073 K (800  °C) for 4 hours, some HA decomposed and caused the minor phases of β-tricalcium phosphate (β-Ca₃(PO₄)₂; β-TCP), calcium pyrophosphate (Ca₂P₂O₇; CPP), and calcium oxide (CaO) formation. The β-TCP becomes the major phase with residual HA and CaO after being calcined at 1273 K (1000  °C) for 4 hours. The crack forms due to the release of absorbed water from the interior to top surface of sample. For the as-alkali treatment samples, the microstructures were affected by ECD potentials; when the deposited samples after alkali treatment and calcined at 1073 K (800 °C) for 4 hours, the microstructure presents the need-like “preforming HA” (pre-HA) from the matrix of plate-like postforming HA (post-HA).     

Modification of Ag-doped BaTiO3 powders through La gaseous penetration route

The Ag-doped BaTiO₃ (BATO) polycrystalline powders were fabricated by Sol-Gel method. Further modification by rare earth La was done through gaseous penetration route. Changes in constitution, structure, and electrical conductivity before and after modification of Ag and La were characterized. The acceptor dopant Ag owned the ability to decrease the resistivity of the doping samples from 4.30×10⁹ Ω·m to 6.14×10⁵ Ω·m where the resistivity fell by 4 orders of magnitude when the Ag doping ratio was 0.10%. And more doping of Ag enhanced the resistivity dramatically even beyond 2.0×10⁷ Ω·m. Yet, gaseous penetration of La successively reduced the resistivity of BATO to the lowest point of 2.45×10⁵ Ω·m. XRD analysis indicated that the doping process of Ag did not change the perovskite structure and main phases of the powders. However, new compound BaLa₂O₄ generated from complex reactions during the penetration process, which manifested that La³⁺ penetrated into the crystal lattices in the form of substituting the Ti⁴⁺ site. And this substitution strengthened the Ti-O bond, which led to the inhibition of blue shift in FTIR spectrum caused by doping of Ag. The morphology of La penetrated BATO powders detected by SEM and EDAX suggested that La did penetrate into the powders and this penetration process progressed the partly sintering of the powders which is in favor of the conductivity.     

Activity of Ti and V in iron melts

Thermodynamic data regarding the formation of the nitrides TiN and VN in iron melts were obtained by Ser’eznov at Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys on improved Sieverts equipment by a compensation method of measuring the pressure and gas volume using a highly sensitive pressure sensor. The use of this very reliable method to investigate gas–metal interactions was first proposed by Ponomarev and implemented at Chelyabinsk Research Institute. The experimental data obtained in the present work are used to calculate the activity coefficients of Ti and V in dilute solutions based on iron. Refined reference data regarding the Gibbs energy of vanadium-nitride formation from its elements are employed here. The results for the activity coefficients γ _Ti.1873 ^∞ = 0.055 and γ _V.1873 ^∞ = 0.24 are in good agreement with literature values.     

Substitution Recovery of Gold from Copper-Ethylenediamine-Thiosulfate Leaching Solution with Copper Power

The substitution method of recovering gold from thiosulfate-ethylenediamine (en)-Cu²⁺ leaching solution using copper powder was studied. The effects of reaction time, stirring speed, pH, thiosulfate concentration, en/Cu²⁺ molar ratio, Cu/Au⁺ mass ratio, and temperature on gold recovery were systematically examined. The experimental results showed that reaction time, stirring speed, thiosulfate concentration, en/Cu²⁺ molar ratio, Cu/Au⁺ mass ratio, and temperature have a significant influence on the recovery rate of gold, whereas the pH has little effect. A high gold recovery rate of 95.38% was achieved in 0.2 mol/L thiosulfate at 40°C after 40 min with a stirring speed of 400 rpm, pH of 11, en/Cu²⁺ molar ratio of 6, and Cu/Au⁺ mass ratio of 150. A kinetic study revealed that the reduction of gold-thiosulfate complex ions (Au(S₂O₃) ₂ ^3- ) on the surface of copper powder follows a first-order kinetics model with an apparent activation energy of 39.82 kJ/mol.     

Thermodynamics of strontium molybdate sublimation

High-temperature mass-spectrometric analysis is used to study the sublimation of SrMoO_4(s) at 1570–1800 K. SrMoO_4(g) molecules are found to be present in the vapor. The vapor pressure of the SrMoO_4(g) molecule is determined to be log p = ?19980/T + 7.99. The heat of sublimation ΔH _{s, 0} ^o (SrMoO_4(s)) = 480 ± 40 kJ/mol is determined using the third law of thermodynamics. The atomization energy of the SrMoO_4(g) molecules is calculated to be ΔH _{at, 0} ^o (SrMoO_4(g)) = 2860 ± 40 kJ/mol.     

Stabilization of the fluorite phase in the ZrO<Subscript>2</Subscript>–Y<Subscript>2</Subscript>O<Subscript>3</Subscript> system

The calculated and experimental vertical ZrO₂–Y₂O₃ sections of the Zr–Y–O system are compared to find the region of a stable fluorite structure of yttrium-stabilized zirconia (YSZ). X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman scattering are used to study the crystal and local structures of mixed oxide 0.82ZrO₂ · 0.18Y₂O₃ (18YSZ) powders prepared by isothermal annealing of a precursor precipitated from a salt solution. The formation of a fluorite-type fcc structure (space group \(Fm\overline 3 m\)) in the powders is detected by XRD. Raman scattering study of the local structure of the cubic 18YSZ powders revealed traces of the tetragonal phase in them.     

Thermodynamics of carbon and oxygen solutions in manganese melts

The thermodynamics of carbon and oxygen solutions in manganese melts is studied. An equation for the temperature dependence of the activity coefficient of carbon in liquid manganese is obtained (γ _C(Mn) ⁰ = ?1.5966 + (1.0735 × 10^?3)T). The temperature dependence of the Gibbs energy of the reaction of carbon dissolved in liquid manganese with the oxygen of manganese oxide is shown to be described by the equation ΔG _T ⁰ = 375264 ? 184.66T(J/mol). This reaction can noticeably be developed depending on the carbon content at temperatures of 1700–1800°C. The deoxidation ability of carbon in manganese melts is shown to be much lower than that in iron and nickel melts due to the higher affinity of manganese to both oxygen and carbon. Although the deoxidation ability of carbon in manganese melts increases with temperature, the process develops at rather high carbon contents in all cases.     

Preparation and characterization of Ce_(0.8)La_(0.2–x)Y_xO_(1.9) as electrolyte for solid oxide fuel cells

In this study, ultrafine Ce0.8La0.2–x Y x O1.9（for x=0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.15, 0.20） powders were successfully prepared by the sol-gel method.The samples were characterized by fourier transform infrared（FTIR）, thermogravimetric and differential scanning calorimetry（TG-DSC）, X-ray diffraction（XRD）, scanning electron microscopy（SEM）, AC impedance and thermal expansion measurements.Experimental results indicated that highly phase-pure cubic fluorite electrolyte Ce0.8La0.2–x Y x O1.9 powders were obtained after calcining at 600 °C.The as-synthesized powders exhibited high sintering activity, the Ce0.8La0.2–x Y x O1.9 series electrolytes which have higher relative densities over 96% could be obtained after sintered at 1400 °C for 4 h.Ce0.8La0.15Y0.05O1.9 electrolyte sintered at 1400 °C for 4 h exhibited higher oxide ionic conductivity（σ800 oC=0.057 S/cm）, lower electrical activation energy（E a=0.87 e V） and moderate thermal expansion coefficient（TEC=15.5×10-6 K-1, temperature range 25–800 °C）.