<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muthurajan, H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao, N. Koteswara</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gupta, U. N.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pradhan, Sivaram</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jha, Ratnesh Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kumar, H. H.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mirji, S. A.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ravi, V.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Novel hydroxide precursors for low temperature synthesis of selected ternary oxides</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Materials Research Bulletin</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ceramics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chemical synthesis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Electron microscopy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oxides</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">X-ray diffraction</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JUL</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE BOULEVARD, LANGFORD LANE, KIDLINGTON, OXFORD OX5 1GB, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">43</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1842-1849</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;A novel method of using hydroxide precursors to reduce the synthesis temperature for few selected ternary oxides has been presented here. This technique is very useful and advantageous when the ternary oxides contain an alkaline earth element. The selected compositions for this method are BaCeO3 (BC), BaBiO3 (BB), La0.7Sr0.3CoO3 (LSCO) and BaBi2Nb2O9 (BBN). Commercially purchased strontium (or barium) hydroxide and freshly prepared lanthanum, cobalt, bismuth and niobium hydroxides were mixed thoroughly in stoichiometric ratio and heated at different temperatures ranging from 100 to 700 degrees C for 10 h for corresponding compositions. The sequence of the reaction and evolution of the product phase were studied by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies. The phase purity and lattice parameters were also determined by XRD investigations. All the product phases in each case were formed at relatively low temperature than when they were prepared by co-precipitation or solid state method. The morphology and average particle size of these powders were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM). (C) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2.145</style></custom4></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Gupta, Upendra Nath</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Rao, Koteswara</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pradhan, Sivaram</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jha, Ratnesh Kumar</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Muthurajan, Harries</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ravi, Venkat</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Novel synthesis of SrBi2Nb2O9 powders from hydroxide precursors</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">International Journal of Applied Ceramic Technology</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JAN</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">BLACKWELL PUBLISHING</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">9600 GARSINGTON RD, OXFORD OX4 2DQ, OXON, ENGLAND</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">101-104</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Simple hydroxide precursors were used for the first time for the synthesis of a typical Aurivillius compound (SrBi2Nb2O9 (SBN)) at a low temperature. This method is very advantageous because it circumvents the use of SrCO3 in the case of conventional ceramics as well in the coprecipitation methods, thereby lowering the formation of the product phase. Commercially purchased strontium hydroxide is mixed thoroughly with freshly precipitated bismuth and niobium hydroxides in a stoichiometric ratio and heated at different temperatures ranging from 100 degrees C to 750 degrees C for 12 h. The sequence of the reaction and evolution of the product phase was monitored by X-ray diffraction (XRD) studies by recording the XRD for samples calcined at different temperatures. The incipient SBN phase begins to form at temperatures as low as 400 degrees C, and phase formation was complete only at 650 degrees C as revealed by the XRD observations. The differential thermal/thermogravimetric analyses) also corroborate this result. The morphology and average particle size of these powders were investigated by transmission electron microscopy studies.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><custom3><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Foreign</style></custom3><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1.280</style></custom4></record></records></xml>