SYNTHESIS AND SOLID-STATE STUDIES ON MB2SB2O7 AND (MN1-XCDX)2SB2O7 PYROCHLORES Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Pyrochlore oxides of the type Mn2Sb2O7 and (Mn1-xCdx)2Sb2O7 have been synthesized by high-temperature solid state reactions and characterized by X-ray diffraction and chemical analysis. X-Ray diffraction studies showed that the compound Mn2Sb2O7 has a rhombohedrally distorted pyrochlore structure. In the solid solutions (Mn1-xCdx)2Sb2O7, the phases with x 0.6 are cubic. Magnetic and 121Sb Mssbauer studies indicate that all the Mn and Sb are present in the +2 and +5 state occupying A and B sites, respectively, in the pyrochlore structure. Electrical measurements indicate that the compounds are insulators or semiconductors exhibiting p-type behavior. The stoichiometry and probable cause of the rhombohedral distortion in Mn2Sb2O7 and solid solutions are discussed. 1984.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY

author list (cited authors)

  • SUBRAMANIAN, M. A., CLEARFIELD, A., UMARJI, A. M., SHENOY, G. K., & RAO, G.

citation count

  • 26

complete list of authors

  • SUBRAMANIAN, MA||CLEARFIELD, A||UMARJI, AM||SHENOY, GK||RAO, GVS

publication date

  • April 1984