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Thermogravimetry, electrical conductivity and IR spectrometry were used to study the crystal structure change of the metastable manganese cation deficient spinels that occur during the oxidation of manganese ions above 500° C. The kinetic of the transformation is found to be governed by a nucleation growth mechanism with an activation energy varying with the amount of Mn3+ ions. The nature of the inversion products depends on the manganese substitution extent. We observe for a substitution extent x<0.72 a phase with a corundum structure which is a solid solution of α-(MnFe)2O3 and for x>0.72 a mixture of two phases α-(MnFe)2O3 + Mn2O3 of orthorhombic structure.
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Gillot, B., El Guendouzi, M., Laarj, M. et al. Study by thermogravimetry, electrical conductivity and IR spectrometry of the phase transition for manganese cation deficient spinels. J Mater Sci 23, 3342–3347 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00551316
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