Attempting to Verify the Existence of ZnYO Using Electron Backscatter Diffraction.

Attempts to synthesize ZnYO are made via a solid-state reaction in a high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction chamber as well as analyzing YO sinter ceramics pressure infiltrated by ZnO in a scanning electron microscope using energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The microstructure of the sinter ceramic is composed of ZnO grains dispersed in an YO matrix. Superimposed EBSD patterns of YO are misindexed as ZnYO during the EBSD scan. The literature concerning ZnYO is critically discussed.