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TY - JOUR
T1 - Defect processes in MgAl2O4 spinel
AU - Ball, J. A.
AU - Murphy, S. T.
AU - Grimes, R. W.
AU - Bacorisen, D.
AU - Smith, R.
AU - Uberuaga, B. P.
AU - Sickafus, K. E.
PY - 2008/6
Y1 - 2008/6
N2 - In perfect normal MgAl2O4 spinel the Mg2+ ions occupy tetrahedral 8a sites and Al3+ ions occupy octahedral 16d sites. In reality some cations are exchanged between the cation sublattices forming pairs of antisite defects and thus a degree of "inversion". Here atomic simulation is used to investigate the influence that antisite defects have on the population's of other intrinsic defects, those associated with Schottky and Frenkel reactions. One consequence is that the total magnesium interstitial concentration is increased substantially over the aluminium interstitial concentration and the magnesium vacancy concentration is increased over the aluminium vacancy concentration but to a much smaller extent. The split structures of isolated interstitial defects and the stability of various defect clusters are also discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
AB - In perfect normal MgAl2O4 spinel the Mg2+ ions occupy tetrahedral 8a sites and Al3+ ions occupy octahedral 16d sites. In reality some cations are exchanged between the cation sublattices forming pairs of antisite defects and thus a degree of "inversion". Here atomic simulation is used to investigate the influence that antisite defects have on the population's of other intrinsic defects, those associated with Schottky and Frenkel reactions. One consequence is that the total magnesium interstitial concentration is increased substantially over the aluminium interstitial concentration and the magnesium vacancy concentration is increased over the aluminium vacancy concentration but to a much smaller extent. The split structures of isolated interstitial defects and the stability of various defect clusters are also discussed. (c) 2007 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
KW - spinel
KW - point defect
KW - defect equilibrium
KW - oxide
KW - MAGNESIUM ALUMINATE SPINEL
KW - MICROSTRUCTURAL EVOLUTION
KW - CATION DISTRIBUTIONS
KW - SOLID-SOLUTIONS
KW - SINGLE-CRYSTAL
KW - AMORPHIZATION
KW - REFRACTORIES
KW - PARAMETER
KW - ENERGIES
KW - DISORDER
U2 - 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2007.04.005
DO - 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2007.04.005
M3 - Journal article
VL - 10
SP - 717
EP - 724
JO - Solid State Sciences
JF - Solid State Sciences
SN - 1293-2558
IS - 6
T2 - 99th Bunsen Colloquium on Solid State Reactivity from Macro to Nano
Y2 - 7 June 2007 through 9 July 2007
ER -