I want to synthesize a composite of CaO/Fe2O3, and at high temperatures, calcium ferrite may be formed. How can I confirm the structure composite of oxides or composite of iron oxide and calcium ferrite using techinques like IR, xps?
You can confirm by doing XRD of your sample. In XRD pattern, the peaks of every phase will come. Using these peaks you can also quantify the ratio of these phases.
But there are several phases for Fe2O3 for instance. According to the crystal structure it belongs to, you may obtain different peaks. You have to analyse XRD and make a profile fit.
Exactly as stated by Ram and Murat. You cannot get direct structural information from spectroscopy methods (and usually the elemental/vibrational information you get is only from the surface and not a bulk probe). Powder x-ray diffraction will tell you what structural phases are in your material as well as their percentages and a number of other information that you may or may not be interested in depending on the degree of analysis you want to pursue.
sometimes, XRD is not appropriate method if the percentage of calcium is very small.
i prepared this composite and no peaks related to calcium or its oxide in XRD analysis. Analyzing the sample using XPS confirm the presence of calcium, but the peak positions shifted about the reported data od calcium oxide or calcium ferrite.
Is there another method to elucidate the chemical state of the composition?