Cation disorder and vacancy distribution in nonstoichiometric magnesium aluminate spinel, MgO{center{underscore}dot}xAl{sub 2}O{sub 3}
Neutron diffractometry and X-ray diffractometry were used to characterize the cation disorder and vacancy distribution in nonstoichiometric spinel, MgO{center{underscore}dot}xAl{sub 2}O{sub 3}, where x {ge} 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.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 20005957
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society, Vol. 82, Issue 12; Conference: 100th Annual Meeting of the American Ceramic Society, Cincinnati, OH (US), 05/05/1998--05/06/1998; Other Information: PBD: Dec 1999; ISSN 0002-7820
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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