On the Effect of Lithium on the Energetics and Thermal Stability of Nano-Sized Nonstoichiometric Magnesium Aluminate Spinel

Yuval Mordekovitz, Shmuel Hayun

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Abstract

The thermal stability of Li-doped nonstoichiometric nano-sized magnesium aluminate spinel, synthesized using a combustion synthesis method, was studied using XRD, FTIR, and high-temperature differential scanning calorimetry. Li content within the magnesium aluminate spinel was determined to be a function of crystallite size and stoichiometry. For smaller crystallite sizes and higher Mg deficits, a greater amount of lithium could be incorporated into the structure as a solid solution between LiAl5O8 and MgO·nAl2O3 spinel, where n is the ratio between Al2O3 and MgO. By assessing the intensities of the IR γ1, γ2, and γ5 modes, the degree of structural disorder (i.e., the inversion parameter and lithium occupancy) was defined. The results indicated that the as-synthesized materials were heavily disordered. The surface enthalpy of the MgO·1.06Al2O3, 1.51 ± 0.15 J/m2, is in good agreement with the reported value for the same composition, 1.8 ± 0.3 J/m2, measured using high-temperature drop solution calorimetry. The surface enthalpies of MgO·1.21Al2O3 and 0.20 at.% Li–MgO·1.21Al2O3 were 1.17 ± 0.15 and 1.05 ± 0.12 J/m, respectively.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2786-2794
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of the American Ceramic Society
Volume99
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2016

Keywords

  • LiAlO
  • lithium
  • magnesium aluminate spinel
  • nano-stability
  • surface and interface enthalpies

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Ceramics and Composites
  • Materials Chemistry

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