Energetics of La 2- xSr xCuO 4- y solid solutions (0.0 ≤ x ≤ 1.0)
Abstract
Compounds in the La 2- xSr xCuO 4- y series have been synthesized in the single phase range 0 ≤ x ≤ 1. High temperature solution calorimetry in molten lead borate was used to determine the heats of formation from oxide components. The enthalpy of formation becomes more exothermic with increasing Sr substitution 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.15 and then remains approximately constant for 0.15 ≤ x ≤ 1. This trend can be explained by the balance between the (formal) substitution La 3+ + Cu 2+ = Sr 2+ + Cu 3+ and the loss of oxygen, keeping copper formally divalent but creating oxygen vacancies. Using a transposed temperature drop method, the heat of oxidation was determined to be -129 kJ/(mole O 2) by a comparison of samples with the same strontium content but a different oxygen content.
- Publication:
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Journal of Solid State Chemistry France
- Pub Date:
- August 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0022-4596(91)90315-9
- Bibcode:
- 1991JSSCh..93..418B