A new modification of TiTe3O8
Abstract
A metastable modification of TiTe3O8 is formed, for some heating rates, from an amorphous material prepared by the simultaneous hydrolysis of titanium isopropoxide and tellurium tetrachloride. It has a hexagonal unit cell with a= 10.764 ± 0.002 Å and c= 5.142 ± 0.002 Å. The hexagonal-to-cubic phase transformation occurs at 525–570 °C.