The hafnia-based ceramics containing lanthana or samaria: Mass spectrometric study and calculation of the thermodynamic properties at high temperatures

The thermodynamic properties and vaporization processes of the ceramics based on the La 2 O 3 -Y 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -HfO 2 and Sm 2 O 3 -Y 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -HfO 2 systems were studied using the Knudsen effusion mass spectrometric method (KEMS) at high temperatures. The ceramic samples in the systems mentioned were synthesized by the solid-state method. Vapor composition over the samples studied, the partial pressures of the vapor species, vaporization rates, and the lanthanoid oxide activities were determined in the temperature ranges 2339–2459 K and 2373–2461 K for the lanthana-containing and samaria-containing systems, respectively. The samples in the La 2 O 3 -Y 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -HfO 2 system were shown to be more volatile than those in the Sm 2 O 3 -Y 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -HfO 2 system. The data obtained evidenced negative deviations from the ideal behavior in the systems mentioned. Experimental thermodynamic data found at the temperature 2373 K were compared with the corresponding values calculated using the semi-empirical Kohler, Redlich-Kister, and Wilson approaches, as well as the Generalized Lattice Theory of Associated Solutions (GLTAS). It was shown that the data calculated by the semi-empirical methods were underestimated as compared to experimental values obtained using KEMS. It should be underlined that modeling based on GLTAS allowed more reliable data on the lanthanoid oxide activities in hafnia-based ceramics containing lanthana and samaria to be obtained in comparison with the semi-empirical methods mentioned. • LaO and O partial pressures were determined over the La 2 O 3 -Y 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -HfO 2 system. • SmO, Sm, and O partial pressures were determined over the Sm 2 O 3 -Y 2 O 3 -ZrO 2 -HfO 2 system. • Temperature dependences of the component activities were obtained by KEMS. • Thermodynamic properties were calculated by the semi-empirical approaches and GLTAS. • Agreement between the experimental and calculated data was discussed.