ISSN:
1551-2916
Source:
Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Physics
Notes:
Neutron diffractometry and X-ray diffractometry were used to characterize the cation disorder and vacancy distribution in nonstoichiometric spinel, MgO·xAl2O3, where x greaterthan equal to 1.0. Both synthetic and natural samples were examined. Least-squares refinements of integrated intensities for single crystals and Rietveld profile refinements for powders yielded the average scattering “power” from tetrahedral and octahedral sites within the almost-perfect cubic close-packed oxygen sublattice. The cation disorder was calculated assuming models in which the vacancies resided on tetrahedral, octahedral, or both types of sites. No degree of cation disorder was consistent with the tetrahedral vacancy model, and vacancies most likely resided on octahedral sites.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1151-2916.1999.tb02242.x
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