Properties of Sapphire
Properties of Sapphire
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10.1007/978-0-387-85695-7_2
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2009-01-01
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1}[1]. The crystal lattice of a-Al 2O 3 is formed by Al 3+ and O 2− ions. If the O 2− anions are depicted as balls, the crystal lattice takes the form of their closest hexagonal packing (Fig. 2.1). The Al 3+ cations are located in a crystalline field that has no symmetry center (due to crystal lattice distortions). These cations lie in the octahedral hollows between the closely packed O 2− ions, filling two thirds of these hollows. The octahedron hollow is surrounded by six balls. If the radius of each is taken as a unit, then the hollow contains a ball with a relative radius of 0.41. Due to the ratio of the ionic radii of O 2− and Al 3+(equal to 1.40 and 0.57 Å, respectively), the cations are located within the hollows of the anion packing. They slightly distort the lattice, but do not fall outside the stability limits of the octahedron position. The coordination numbers for Al 3+ and O 2− are 6 and 4, respectively. The three upper O 2− ions in the octahedron are turned about 64.3 with respect to the three lower O 2− ions and lie in parallel planes (Fig. 2.2 a) at a distance of 2.164 Å from each other. The closest packing distortion bound up with the discrepancy between