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In situ high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction study on the spinel solid solutions (Mg1−x Mn x )Cr2O4

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Using a conventional high-T furnace, the solid solutions between magnesiochromite and manganochromite, (Mg1−x Mn x )Cr2O4 with x = 0.00, 0.19, 0.44, 0.61, 0.77 and 1.00, were synthesized at 1,473 K for 48 h in open air. The ambient powder X-ray diffraction data suggest that the V–x relationship of the spinels does not show significant deviation from the Vegard’s law. In situ high-T powder X-ray diffraction measurements were taken up to 1,273 K at ambient pressure. For the investigated temperature range, the unit-cell parameters of the spinels increase smoothly with temperature increment, indicating no sign of cation redistribution between the tetrahedral and octahedral sites. The V–T data were fitted with a polynomial expression for the volumetric thermal expansion coefficient (\( \alpha_{T} = a_{0} + a_{1} T + a_{2} T^{ - 2} \)), which yielded insignificant a 2 values. The effect of the composition on a 0 is adequately described by the equation a 0 = [17.7(8) − 2.4(1) × x] 10−6 K−1, whereas that on a 1 by the equation a 1 = [8.6(9) + 2.1(11) × x] 10−9 K−2.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Professor J. Chen for her assistance with the TEM characterization. We are grateful to two anonymous reviewers and Professor M. Matsui who provided us with very constructive comments that significantly improved our paper. This investigation was financially supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities from the Administer of Education of P. R. China (to X. Liu) and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant #41090371).

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    Sicheng Wang, Xi Liu, Yingwei Fei, Qiang He & Hejing Wang

  2. School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Sicheng Wang, Xi Liu, Yingwei Fei, Qiang He & Hejing Wang

  3. Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Road, NW, Washington, DC, 20015, USA

    Yingwei Fei

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Wang, S., Liu, X., Fei, Y. et al. In situ high-temperature powder X-ray diffraction study on the spinel solid solutions (Mg1−x Mn x )Cr2O4 . Phys Chem Minerals 39, 189–198 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-011-0474-8

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