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. 2022 Feb 23;11(3):e202100274. doi: 10.1002/open.202100274

Table 2.

A summary of obtained phases at different steps of acid leaching/alkali precipitation using HCl with pH=1.0) for leaching. The data has been extracted from the Rietveld refinement of the XRD patterns.

Phase

Space group

Lattice parameters [Å]

wt %

After first alkali precipitation at pH 4.0 (P02_01)

ZrO2_Tetragonal

P42/nmc

a=3.596(1), c=5.189(1)

40

ZrO2_Monoclinic

P121/c1

a=5.150(1), b=5.200(1), c=5.316(1), β=99.106(4)°

16

LaFeO3

Pm‐3 m

a=3.918(1)

25

La2PO4

P121/n1

a=6.847(1), b=7.080(1), c=6.517(1) β=103.323(6)°

18

After first alkali precipitation at pH 6–11 (P02_02)

La2O3

P‐3 m1

a=3.936(1), c=6.133(1)

75

After second alkali precipitation at pH 8.0 (P02_03)

ZrO2_Monoclinic

P121/c1

a=5.144(1), b=5.191(1), c=5.316(1), β=99.215(4)°

39

La2/3TiO3

Pm‐3 m

a=3.876

30

ZrTiO4_Tetragonal

P42/nmc

a=3.586(1), c=5.205(1)

7

Undissolved during acid leaching (after calcination) (P01_03)

ZrO2_Monoclinic

P121/c1

a=5.101(2), b=5.206(3), c=5.336(3), β=98.67(3)°

6

TiO2_Rutile

P42/mnm

a=4.602(1), c=2.971(3)

7