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CHEM01200604004 Shri Sanyasinaidu Boddu - Homi Bhabha ...

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100°C. On further increasing the reaction temperature (at 125°C) the hexagonal form gets<br />

partially converted to monoclinic phase and at 185°C it transforms completely into<br />

monoclinic BiPO 4 . The average crystallite sizes are calculated by using Debye-Scherrer<br />

formula and are found to be 25, 47 and 51 nm for hydrated hexagonal BiPO 4 , hexagonal<br />

BiPO 4 and monoclinic BiPO4, respectively. The increase in crystal size may be explained<br />

based on the Ostwald ripening phenomenon where in, with increase temperature, bigger<br />

particles starts growing at the expanse of smaller particles.<br />

185°C<br />

Monoclinic BiPO 4<br />

Intensity (arb.units)<br />

125°C<br />

100°C<br />

RT<br />

Hexagonal BiPO 4<br />

+<br />

Monoclinic BiPO 4<br />

Hexagonal BiPO 4<br />

Hydrated BiPO 4<br />

10 20 30 40 50 60 70<br />

2θ/°<br />

Fig.76. XRD patterns of 2.5 at % Eu 3+ doped BiPO 4 samples prepared at room temperature,<br />

100, 125 and 185°C.<br />

In order to evaluate the conversion of hydrated hexagonal BiPO 4 to hexagonal and<br />

then to monoclinic from combined thermo-gravimetric and differential thermal analysis (TG-<br />

DTA) patterns of hydrated BiPO 4 sample were recorded (Fig.77). In TG, the weight losses<br />

are obtained mainly in the ranges of 50-180°C and 200-750°C. The former corresponds to the<br />

loss of water molecules adsorbed on the surface and the latter to the decomposition of<br />

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