Abstract
Potassium niobophosphate glasses and glass-ceramics of the family
xNb(2)O(5).(50-x)P2O5. 50K(2)O:yFe(2)O(3) were studied by x-ray
powder diffraction, infrared and Raman scattering spectroscopy. For the
potassium-phosphate samples 50P(2)O(5)-50K(2)O the iron oxide
presents a network former behaviour, for 2 mol% of Fe2O3 doping. The
precipitation of crystalline K4Nb6O17 and ferroelectric KNbO3 crystals was confirmed by x-ray powder diffraction in the samples with x = 40 and
50 mol% respectively. The infrared and Raman scattering spectroscopy
results suggest that the increase of the ratio Nb2O5/P2O5 leads the
niobium to sites of octahedral symmetry and consequently to the
formation of ferroelectric KNbO3, as seen by x-ray diffraction analysis.
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