The equilibrium of the system BaO-Fe
2O
3 has been studied by ordinary mineralographic methods. In some of the specimens of this system, the dissociation of Fe
2O
3 has been observed, and hence in such cases, the experiments were conducted under 1 atm. pressure of oxygen.
The results obtained in the present studies are summarized in Fig. 1. The existence of three compounds BaO⋅6Fe
2O
3, BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 and 2BaO-Fe
2O
3 was confirmed. The two binary eutectic reactions, Liquid ?? BaO.6Fe
2O
3+BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 at 1370°C and Liquid ?? BaO⋅Fe
2O
3+2BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 at 1330°C ware observed at the composition of 60.0 mole% and 41.2 mole% Fe
2O
3 respectively.
BaO.6Fe
2O
3 (85.7mole% Fe
2O
3) forms a solid solution by the dissolution of BaO⋅Fe
2O
3. The BaO: Fe
2O
3 ratio of the solid solution was 18.2: 81.8 mole at 1350°C and 16.7: 83.3 mole at 800°C, but the solubility of Fe
2O
3 in this phase was not observed. The solubility range of BaO.Fe
2O
3 phase is very narrow and the solubility of BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 in 2BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 was not observed. The compound BaO⋅6Fe
2O
3 is a hexagonal lattice, a =5.877, c=23.02Å, BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 a tetragonal lattice, a=6.02, c=9.45Å, and 2BaO⋅Fe
2O
3 a cubic lattice, a=8.07Å.
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