Phase transition

α-FePO4 is present at pretty low degree Celsius. It is also a transition metal as it is in the d-block in the periodic table. It can be studied at many different temperature which range from 294K to 1073K with the use of neutron powder diffraction. When there is an increase in pressure, it will lead to a phase change. This causes the octahedral Fe centres to become denser. It will thus lead to the formation of β-FePO4. This transition of α-FePO4 to…

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temperatures, FePO4 takes on its α-phase structure, which is tetrahedral. α-FePO4 then gradually transitions as the temperature increases to β-FePO4 in terms of structure. This first-order transition occurs at 980K. However, this transition is not linear. For α-FePO4,…

FePO4 from temperature 294K to 1073K, in α phase and in its ß-quartz type. There are both similarities and differences in the crystal chemical relationship between quartz (SiO2) and FePO4. The structural parameters of α-FePO4 at low temperature range skews towards the parameter values for ß-quartz type when it is at high temperatures. Angles between elements Fe, O and P increase whilst tilt angles decrease significantly as changes between the two phases near the temperature of 980K. Distance…

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Haines et al., A neutron diffraction study of quartz-type FePO4: high-temperature behavior and αβ phase transition Kristallogr. 218, 193-200 (2003) Paragraph 1 Crystal chemical relationship between quartz (SiO2) and FePO4 Silicon dioxide is an oxide of silicon with the chemical formula of SiO2. SiO2 is a chemical compound most commonly found in Quartz and it has a space group of P3121. The lattice symmetry of SiO2 is tetrahedron, where there are 4 oxygen atoms covalently bonded to the silicon…

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