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Mg0.5Zr2(AsO4)x(PO4)3 − x arsenate phosphates have been prepared by a sol–gel process and characterized by X-ray diffraction, IR spectroscopy, and impedance spectroscopy. The results indicate the formation of a continuous series of solid solutions with the Sc2(WO4)3 structure (sp. gr. P21/n) in the composition range 0 < x < 3. The unit-cell parameters of the solid solutions increase linearly with composition, as a consequence of arsenic substitution for phosphorus, which has a smaller ionic radius. The number of observed stretching and bending bands of the AsO 3-4 and PO 3-4 ions in the IR spectra of the solid solutions agrees with that predicted by factor group analysis for space group P21/n. The observed gradual shift of the absorption bands of the AsO4 tetrahedra to lower frequencies with increasing arsenic content on the tetrahedral site supports the X-ray diffraction evidence of the formation of substitutional solid solutions. The cation conductivity of Mg0.5Zr2(AsO4)x(PO4)3 − x with 0 ≤ х ≤ 1 has been shown to exceed the conductivity of the parent magnesium zirconium arsenate.
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Original Russian Text © V.I. Pet’kov, A.S. Shipilov, E.Yu. Borovikova, A.M. Kovalskii, I.A. Stenina, A.B. Yaroslavtsev, 2018, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2018, Vol. 54, No. 10, pp. 1079–1084.
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Pet’kov, V.I., Shipilov, A.S., Borovikova, E.Y. et al. Synthesis, Structure, IR-Spectroscopic Characterization, and Ionic Conductivity of Mg0.5Zr2(AsO4)x(PO4)3 − x. Inorg Mater 54, 1021–1026 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168518100138
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