A-Site and B-Site Order in (Na\u3csub\u3e1/2\u3c/sub\u3eLa\u3csub\u3e1/2\u3c/sub\u3e)(Mg\u3csub\u3e1/3\u3c/sub\u3eNb\u3csub\u3e2/3\u3c/sub\u3e)O\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e Perovskite
(Na1/2La1/2)(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 undergoes a series of phase transitions that involve cation order on the A- and B-sites of the parent perovskite structure. At high temperatures both sites contain a random distribution of cations; below 1275°C a 〈111〉 layering of Mg and Nb leads to the formation of a 1:2 ordered structure with a monoclinic supercell. A second transition was observed at 925°C, where the Na and La cations order onto alternate A-site positions along the 〈001〉 direction of the parent subcell. By quenching samples from above 1275°C to preserve the disorder on the B-site, a fourth variant of this compound was obtained by inducing A-site order through a subsequent anneal at 900°C. Although the changes in structure do not produce significant alterations in the relative permittivity (εr ~ 35), they do have a significant effect on the value of the temperature coefficient of the capacitance
