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Thermal Properties Of Cubic Kta 1 X Nb X O 3 Crystals, X. P. Wang, J. Y. Wang, H. J. Zhang, Y. G. Yu, J. Wu, W. L. Gao, Robert I. Boughton Jan 2007

Thermal Properties Of Cubic Kta 1 X Nb X O 3 Crystals, X. P. Wang, J. Y. Wang, H. J. Zhang, Y. G. Yu, J. Wu, W. L. Gao, Robert I. Boughton

Physics and Astronomy Faculty Publications

Cubic potassium tantalite niobate KTa1−xNbxO3 KTN crystals of large size, good quality, and varying Nb concentration have been grown by the Czochralski method and their thermal properties have been systematically studied. The melting point, molar enthalpy of fusion, and molar entropy of fusion of the crystals were determined to be: 1536.9 K, 12 068.521 J mol−1, and 7.85 J K−1 mol−1 for KTa0.67Nb0.33O3; and 1520.61 K, 15 352.511 J mol−1, and 10.098 J K−1 mol−1 for KTa0.67Nb0.33O3, respectively. Based on the data, the Jackson factor was calculated to be 0.994f and 1.214f for KTa0.67Nb0.33O3 and KTa0.63Nb0.37O3, respectively. The thermal expansion …