简介:Anewseriesofrareearthcompounds,Y2-xErxMo4O15(x=0.0-2.0),weresynthesizedandtheirstructuresweredeterminedbypowderX-raydiffraction(XRD).RietveldanalysisofXRDpatternsrevealsthatthecompoundsofthisseriescrystallizeinmonoclinicsystemwithspacegroupP21/c.Thelatticeparametersa,b,c,βandtheunitcellvolumeVde-creaselinearlywithincreasingErcontent.Thethermalexpansionpropertiesofthesecompoundswerestudiedunderhigh-temperatureXRD.PositivethermalexpansionsofcompoundsY2-xErxMo4O15arefoundtobeanisotropicalongthethreecrystallographicdirectionswhereaandcaxesexpandwhilebaxiscontractsinthewholetemperaturerange.Byanalysisofdata,theexpansionofweakbandMo2-O14withrisingtemperatureshouldberesponsibleforpositivethermalexpansion.