Thermal analysis and prediction of phase equilibria in the TiO2–Bi2O3 system

Abstract A thermodynamic study on the TiO 2 –Bi 2 O 3 system was carried out using differential thermal analysis (DTA) and X-Ray diffraction (XRD) techniques covering the composition range from 65 to 90 mol% Bi 2 O 3 . From the XRD results the only two intermediate compounds in the Bi 2 O 3 rich region were Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 and Bi 12 TiO 20 . The Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 phase presents the well known plate-like morphology. The experimentally determined phase transition temperatures with DTA technique were compared with thermodynamic calculated results and good agreement was obtained. The DTA results also showed that the limit of the peritectic reaction between liquid and Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 occurs approximately at 90 mol% Bi 2 O 3 . The phase diagram of the TiO 2 –Bi 2 O 3 system was calculated using a quasichemical model for the liquid phase. The thermodynamic properties of the intermediate compounds were estimated from the data of TiO 2 and Bi 2 O 3 pure solids. In this manner, data for this binary system have been analysed and represented with a small adjustable parameter for the liquid phase.