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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 110, Issue 5, Pages 2310-2317Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp056465z
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Despite the widespread use of gamma-Al2O3, there is still considerable disagreement over the nature of its structure due to both its poor crystallinity and differing preparation techniques during experimentation. Using density-functional theory (DFT) calculations and Rietveld simulations and refinement, the structure of three spinel-related models and a recently proposed nonspinel model were studied in reference to synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction (SXPD) patterns. The spinel-based structural models represent the structural features of gamma-Al2O3 better than the nonspinel model. The major failure of the nonspinel model is that the model cannot reproduce the SXPD reflection originating from tetrahedral aluminum. The Rietveld-refined spinel model can accurately reproduce the lattice parameters and other structural features of gamma-Al2O3, and it can generate a consistent diffraction peak at 2 theta which lies between the splitting peaks of the experimental pattern that are originated from the disordered tetrahedral aluminum cations.
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