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- Title
Effects of composition and growth parameters on phase formation in multicomponent aluminum garnet crystals.
- Authors
Pianassola, Matheus; Alexander, Marlena; Chakoumakos, Bryan; Koschan, Merry; Melcher, Charles; Zhuravleva, Mariya
- Abstract
The effects of composition on the phase formation of multicomponent garnet crystals grown via directional solidification by the micro-pulling-down method are studied. A relatively wide range of rare-earth (RE) average ionic radii (AIR) is explored by formulating ten compositions from the system (Lu,Y,Ho,Dy,Tb,Gd)3Al5O12. Crystals were grown at either 0.05 or 0.20 mm min-1. The hypothesis is that multicomponent compounds with large AIR will form secondary phases as the single-RE aluminum garnets formed by larger Tb3+ or Gd3+; this will result in crystals of poor optical quality. Crystals with large AIR have a central opaque region in optical microscopy images, which is responsible for their reduced transparency compared to crystals with small AIR. Slow pulling rates suppress the formation of the opaque region in crystals with intermediate AIR. Powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction and electron probe microanalysis results indicate that the opaque region is a perovskite phase. Scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive spectroscopy measurements reveal eutectic inclusions at the outer surface of the crystals. The concentration of the eutectic inclusions increases with increasing AIR.
- Subjects
GARNET; ALUMINUM crystals; TERBIUM; X-ray powder diffraction; ELECTRON probe microanalysis; ALUMINUM forming; DIRECTIONAL solidification
- Publication
Acta Crystallographica Section B: Structural Science, Crystal Engineering & Materials, 2022, Vol 78, Issue 3, Part 1, p476
- ISSN
2052-5192
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1107/S2052520622002967