Spinodal Decomposition in the Mg-Al-Fe-O System
Spinodal Decomposition in the Mg-Al-Fe-O System
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Mg-Al-Fe-O 系中的旋节线分解
DOI:
10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c02843
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发表时间:
2022
影响因子:
4.6
通讯作者:
T. Fujii
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作者:
Y. Kusano;T. Furuta;R. Maki;T. Ogawa;T. Fujii
A supersaturated spinel solid solution having a nominal compositional ratio of Mg/Al/Fe = 0.5:1.0:1.5 was prepared using a conventional solid-state reaction at 1573 K in air followed by quenching in ice water. The formula of the resulting spinel structure compound (the spinel) was determined to be (Mg0.50AlFe0.262+Fe1.243+)0.97O4based on a Rietveld refinement and thermogravimetry, indicating a cation-deficient spinel structure having mixed valences of Fe. This spinel was found to decompose to γ-Fe2O3and a modified, Fe-poor spinel structure compound via a spinodal decomposition below 855 K. The spinodal temperature was estimated using the sidebands appearing in X-ray diffraction patterns in addition to the temperature dependence of magnetization values. This spinodal decomposition was accompanied by the oxidation of Fe2+to Fe3+and produced a unique grid-like microstructure (with a grid width of approximately 25 nm) along with enhancement of the saturated magnetization of the material. A sample cooled to room temperature in a furnace after heating at 1573 K in air had a lamella structure having a width of approximately 0.1 μm and comprised particles with a mixture of γ-Fe2O3and the Fe-poor spinel compound on their surfaces. Subsequent heating of this same material to 1373 K in air formed ε-Fe2O3in the particles. The crystallographic relationship between ε-Fe2O3and the modified spinel structure compound wasaε// [112̅]s,bε// [1̅10]s, andcε// [111]s(where ε and s indicate the ε-Fe2O3and spinel, respectively).