Synthesis and High-Temperature Heat Capacity of LaMgAl11O19 and SmMgAl11O19 Hexaaluminates.

The processes occurring during heating of a stoichiometric mixture of lanthanum, samarium, magnesium, and aluminum hydroxides synthesized by the reverse precipitation method have been studied by DTA/TG and X-ray powder diffraction methods. The conditions for the synthesis of single-phase LaMgAl₁₁O₁₉ and SmMgAl₁₁O₁₉ samples of the magnetoplumbite structure type have been determined, and the isobaric heat capacity has been measured in the temperature range 317–1817 K, showing the absence of structural transformations in this range. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]