Phase equilibrium in systems based on oxides of zirconium,lanthanum and samarium

According to the results of the samples studied by X-ray diffraction and microstructural analyzes the phase equilibria in the binary La₂O₃ – Sm₂O₃ and ternary ZrO₂ – La₂O₃ – Sm₂O₃ systems were studied. The boundaries of the phase fields of the binary system are specified and an isothermal cross section of the ternary state diagram of the ZrO₂ – La₂O₃ – Sm₂O₃ system at a temperature of 1500 °C is constructed. No new phases have been identified in the studied systems. It is established that in the ternary system ZrO₂ – La₂O₃ – Sm₂O₃ at 1500 °C fields of solid solutions on the basis of cubic (F) modification with structure of fluorite type, tetragonal (T) modification of ZrO₂, monoclinic (B) modifications of Sm₂O₃, hexagonal (A) are formed. La₂O₃, as well as an ordered phase with a structure of the type of pyrochlore Ln₂Zr₂O₇ (Py). The boundaries of the phase fields and the parameters of the unit cells of the formed phases are determined. A characteristic feature of this isothermal cross section is the formation of a continuous series of solid solutions based on the phase of the pyrochlore type La₂Zr₂O₇ (Sm₂Zr₂O₇). The limiting solubility of Sm₂O₃ in the ordered phase La₂Zr₂O₇ is 16 mol. % along the section Sm₂O₃- (67 mol.% ZrO₂ - 33 mol.% La₂O₃). The solubility of La₂O₃ in the solid solution Sm₂Zr₂O₇ is slightly less and is 11 mol. % along the section La₂O₃- (67 mol.% ZrO₂ - 33 mol.% Sm₂O₃). The isothermal cross-section of the state diagram of the ZrO₂ – La₂O₃ – Sm₂O₃ system at 1500 °C is characterized by the presence of three three-phase (Py + T + F), (A + Py + B), (Py + F + B) and eight two-phase (A + Py), (B + A), (B + Py), (F + B), (T + F), (Py + T), (F + Py-two) areas.