Abstract
Anelastic loss mechanisms associated with phase transitions in have been investigated at relatively high frequency and low stress by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy (RUS), and at relatively low frequency and high stress by dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA). Changes in the elastic moduli and dissipation behavior clearly indicate phase transitions due to octahedral tilting: structures at 551 K, 670 K, and 1168 K, and strain analysis shows that they are tricritical, first-order, and second-order phase transitions, respectively. Structures with intermediate tilt states ( and structures) show substantial anelastic softening and dissipation associated with the mobility of twin walls under applied stress. The structure shows elastic stiffening which may be due to the simultaneous operation of two discrete order parameters with different symmetries. In contrast with studies of other perovskites, shows strong dissipation at both DMA and RUS frequencies in the stability field of the structure. This is evidence that ferroelastic twin walls might become mobile in perovskites and suggests that shearing of the octahedra may be a significant factor.
1 More- Received 9 March 2010
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.82.014113
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