A New Method for Determining the Defect Structure of Non-Stoichiometric Materials.

Abstract

The primary objective of the study was to explore the concept of isotope substitution as a tool for the precise determination of the metal-to-oxygen ratio in a metal oxide. A method was proposed that utilized substitution of either O(17) or O(18) for O(16) in a metal oxide. Algebraic manipulation of the mass and atom balance relations between a gas phase and a solid oxide indicated an experimental path that would lead to a determination of the oxide stoichiometry. The major effort in this work therefore, has been to reduce this method to practice. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0742736

Entities

People

  • Gordon Lewis
  • William J. James

Organizations

  • Missouri University of Science and Technology

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Elements
  • Films
  • Group 16 Elements
  • Materials
  • Metal Oxides
  • Nonmetals
  • Oxide Films
  • Oxides
  • Oxygen
  • Stoichiometry

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Organic Chemistry
  • Semiconductor Device Technology
  • Systems Analysis and Design