Phase formation in the BiPO4–YPO4–(H2O) system
https://doi.org/10.17586/2220-8054-2025-16-4-472-482
Abstract
This work is devoted to the study of phase equilibria in the BiPO4–YPO4–(nH2O) system under mild conditions. It was shown that using the precipitation method leads to crystallization of the samples into the rhabdophane phase YPO4 · nH2O and the ximengite phase BiPO4. Hydrothermal treatment of the samples at 160◦C results in the gradual transformation of hexagonal yttrium phosphate with a rhabdophane-type structure into tetragonal xenotime YPO4, and hexagonal bismuth phosphate with a ximengite-type structure into monoclinic bismuth phosphate (space group P 21/n). The transformation into the stable phases of xenotime and monoclinic bismuth phosphate is almost complete after 28 days of isothermal holding under hydrothermal conditions at 160◦C. Moreover, the lower the content of the second component in samples containing both Bi and Y, the faster the structural transformation into the stable phase proceeds. A solid solution based on monoclinic bismuth phosphate with the composition Bi0.94Y0.06PO4 is formed in the system. Before disappearing, the rhabdophane-type phase represents a solid solution with the composition Y0.8Bi0.2PO4 · nH2O. The crystallite sizes of all phases increase with an increase in the bismuth content in the system.
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Supporting agencies: The authors are grateful to Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences V. V. Gusarov for his attention to the work and valuable comments, as well as D. P. Danilovich for his help in conducting the research. The work of A. A. O. and D. P. E. was carried out with the support of the Russian Science Foundation project No. 24-13-00445. Scanning electron microscopy and elemental analyses of samples were performed employing the equipment of the Engineering Center of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology. X-ray diffraction studies were carried out using the DRON-8 diffractometer in the laboratory of new inorganic materials (Ioffe Institute).
About the Authors
A. A. Osminina
Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B. P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” – Institute of Silicate Chemistry;
Ioffe Institute;
St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Alena A. Osminina
St. Petersburg
D. P. Elovikov
Branch of Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute named by B. P. Konstantinov of National Research Centre “Kurchatov Institute” – Institute of Silicate Chemistry;
St. Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Dmitry P. Elovikov
St. Petersburg
O. V. Proskurina
Ioffe Institute;
St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Olga V. Proskurina
St. Petersburg
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