Fine Structure of α-Al2O3-Based Solid Solutions

Author: Viktorov V.V.   Kovalev I.N.   Ryabkov Y.I.   Virachev B.P.  

Publisher: MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica

ISSN: 0020-1685

Source: Inorganic Materials, Vol.37, Iss.10, 2001-10, pp. : 983-991

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Abstract

The fine structure of solid solutions between isomorphic p-block and 3dtransition-metal oxides was investigated experimentally and theoretically in the technologically important systems α-Al_2O_3–M_2O_3(M = Ti, V, Cr, Fe). It was shown that the thermodynamic theory of isomorphic miscibility and conventional approaches to estimating solubility limits fail to explain and, at best, only predict the phase relations in the systems examined. The proposed magnetochemical method offers the possibility of studying in detail the M–M interactions in first-row oxides M_2O_3and (M_xAl_1 – x)_2O_3solid solutions, probing their homogeneity, and revealing their salient structural features. The marked difference in the solubilities of isomorphic M_2O_3oxides in α-Al_2O_3is interpreted in terms of the magnetic structure of the oxides.