“…These have been studied in a variety of contexts including nuclear waste immobilization, 35 solid oxide fuel cells and sensors, phosphors, and laser technology, [36][37][38][39] and for their petrologic and geochronologic importance. 40,41 Data from the REO 1.5 -SiO 2 [42][43][44][45] and AlO 1.5 -REO 1.5 34,[46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56] binary systems, studies into apatite crystal chemistry 13,15,35,36,57,58 for calcium-containing rare earth apatite stability, and the literature on T/EBC-CMAS interactions 6,7,12,18 were used to infer the stability of the endmembers at 1400 • C. The results are plotted in Figure 1 as a function of the 8-fold coordinated RE ion radii. 59 With increasing RE ion radius, the stability of the Ca-free apatite increases while that of the pure aluminate garnet endmember decreases.…”