The equilibrium chemical strains induced by the oxygen hyperstoichiometry variations in mixed-conducting La
2Ni
1-xM
xO
4+ (M = Fe, Co, Cu;
x = 0-0.2) with K
2NiF
4-type structure, were studied bycontrolled-atmosphere dilatometry at 923-1223 K in the oxygen partial pressure range 5 × 10
-4 to 0.7atm. In combination with the oxygen content measured by coulometric titration and thermogravimetry,the results reveal a very low chemical expansivity, favorable for high-temperature electrochemicalapplications. Under oxidizing conditions, the isothermal expansion relative to atmospheric oxygen pressure(
C) is less than 0.02%. The ratio between these values and the corresponding nonstoichiometry incrementvaries from -3 × 10
-3 to 6 × 10
-3, which is much lower compared to most permeable mixed conductorsderived from perovskite-like cobaltites and ferrites. Consequently, the chemical contribution to apparentthermal expansion coefficients at a fixed oxygen pressure, (13.7-15.1) × 10
-6 K
-1, does not exceed5%. The high-temperature X-ray diffraction studies showed that this behavior results from stronglyanisotropic expansion of the K
2NiF
4-type lattice, namely the opposing variations of the unit-cell parameterson changing oxygen stoichiometry.