Mechanical Activation and Cation Site Disorder in MgAl2O4
Authors
Corlett, Cole A.Frontzek, Matthias D.
Obradović, Nina

Watts, Jeremy L.
Fahrenholtz, William G.

Article (Published version)
Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The synthesis and crystallographic site occupancy were investigated for MgAl2O4 with and without mechanical activation of the precursor powders. Heating to 1200 °C or higher resulted in the formation of a single spinel phase regardless of whether the powders were mechanically activated or not. Neutron diffraction analysis was used to determine cation site occupancy and revealed that mechanical activation resulted in a lower degree of cation site inversion compared to the nonactivated materials, which indicated that the powders were closer to thermodynamic equilibrium. This is the first study to characterize the effects of mechanical activation on crystallographic site occupancy in magnesium aluminate spinel using neutron diffraction. © 2022 by the authors.
Keywords:
powders / positive ions / chemical activation / activation analysis / magnesium compounds / mechanical activation / precursor powder / spinel phase / cation sites / crystallographic sites / inversion / neutron diffraction / Neutron diffraction analysis / neutrons / site disorder / site-occupancy / sodium AluminateSource:
Materials, 2022, 15, 18Institution/Community
Институт техничких наука САНУ / Institute of Technical Sciences of SASATY - JOUR AU - Corlett, Cole A. AU - Frontzek, Matthias D. AU - Obradović, Nina AU - Watts, Jeremy L. AU - Fahrenholtz, William G. PY - 2022 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/13516 AB - The synthesis and crystallographic site occupancy were investigated for MgAl2O4 with and without mechanical activation of the precursor powders. Heating to 1200 °C or higher resulted in the formation of a single spinel phase regardless of whether the powders were mechanically activated or not. Neutron diffraction analysis was used to determine cation site occupancy and revealed that mechanical activation resulted in a lower degree of cation site inversion compared to the nonactivated materials, which indicated that the powders were closer to thermodynamic equilibrium. This is the first study to characterize the effects of mechanical activation on crystallographic site occupancy in magnesium aluminate spinel using neutron diffraction. © 2022 by the authors. T2 - Materials T1 - Mechanical Activation and Cation Site Disorder in MgAl2O4 VL - 15 IS - 18 DO - 10.3390/ma15186422 UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13516 ER -
@article{ author = "Corlett, Cole A. and Frontzek, Matthias D. and Obradović, Nina and Watts, Jeremy L. and Fahrenholtz, William G.", year = "2022", abstract = "The synthesis and crystallographic site occupancy were investigated for MgAl2O4 with and without mechanical activation of the precursor powders. Heating to 1200 °C or higher resulted in the formation of a single spinel phase regardless of whether the powders were mechanically activated or not. Neutron diffraction analysis was used to determine cation site occupancy and revealed that mechanical activation resulted in a lower degree of cation site inversion compared to the nonactivated materials, which indicated that the powders were closer to thermodynamic equilibrium. This is the first study to characterize the effects of mechanical activation on crystallographic site occupancy in magnesium aluminate spinel using neutron diffraction. © 2022 by the authors.", journal = "Materials", title = "Mechanical Activation and Cation Site Disorder in MgAl2O4", volume = "15", number = "18", doi = "10.3390/ma15186422", url = "https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13516" }
Corlett, C. A., Frontzek, M. D., Obradović, N., Watts, J. L.,& Fahrenholtz, W. G.. (2022). Mechanical Activation and Cation Site Disorder in MgAl2O4. in Materials, 15(18). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15186422 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13516
Corlett CA, Frontzek MD, Obradović N, Watts JL, Fahrenholtz WG. Mechanical Activation and Cation Site Disorder in MgAl2O4. in Materials. 2022;15(18). doi:10.3390/ma15186422 https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13516 .
Corlett, Cole A., Frontzek, Matthias D., Obradović, Nina, Watts, Jeremy L., Fahrenholtz, William G., "Mechanical Activation and Cation Site Disorder in MgAl2O4" in Materials, 15, no. 18 (2022), https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15186422 ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_13516 .