The Formation of Cr-Al Spinel under a Reductive Atmosphere.
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SUBMITTER: Shtyka O
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8230446 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun
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The Formation of Cr-Al Spinel under a Reductive Atmosphere.
Shtyka Oleksandr O Maniukiewicz Waldemar W Ciesielski Radoslaw R Kedziora Adam A Shatsila Viktar V Sierański Tomasz T Maniecki Tomasz T
Materials (Basel, Switzerland) 20210610 12
In the present work, for the first time, the possibility of formation of CrAl<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> was shown from the equimolar mixture of co-precipitated Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> and Cr<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> oxides under a reductive environment. The crystallographic properties of the formed compound were calculated using the DICVOL procedure. It was determined that it has a cubic crystal structure with space group Fd-3m and a unit cell parameter equal to 8.22(3) Å. The formed CrAl<sub ...[more]
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