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Influence of Al Substitution and Crystal Size on the Room-Temperature Mössbauer Spectrum of Hematite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

Enver Murad  and
Udo Schwertmann
Enver Murad
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde, Technische Universität München, D-8050 Freising-Weihenstephan, Federal Republic of Germany
Udo Schwertmann
Affiliation:
Lehrstuhl für Bodenkunde, Technische Universität München, D-8050 Freising-Weihenstephan, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

Mössbauer spectra of 15 hematites with Al substitutions between 0 and 10 mole % were taken at room temperature. X-ray powder diffraction indicated dimensions of these hematites in the c-direction to range upwards from 27 nm to crystals large enough to show no line broadening. The Mössbauer spectra showed that magnetic hyperfine fields decreased both with increasing Al-for-Fe substitution and with decreasing crystal size. These relationships indicate that hyperfine field variations cannot, as has been done in the past, be unequivocally related to Al substitution alone. Hyperfine field reductions were paralleled by Mössbauer line broadening due to hyperfine field distributions. Only the hematites heated to 1000°C showed a significant variation of quadrupole splittings with Al substitution. No dependence of quadrupole splitting on crystal size was observed, indicating no detectable distortion of coordination polyhedra in the particle size range studied.

Keywords

AluminumHematiteIronMössbauer spectroscopyParticle size
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 34 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 1 - 6
Copyright
Copyright © 1986, The Clay Minerals Society

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