Journal of Inorganic Materials

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Correlation Between Microstrain and Crystallite Size in Alumina

LIU Xin-Kuan1, MA Ming-Liang1, XI Sheng-Qi1, ZHOU Jing-En1, XIE Qing-Yun 2   

  1. 1.School of Materials Science and Engineering; Xi an Jiaotong University Xi an 710049 China;2. Institute of Xi an Electric Ceramics Xi an 710077 China
  • Received:1998-09-14 Revised:1998-11-09 Published:1999-08-20 Online:1999-08-20

Abstract: The evolution of microstrain and crystallite size in Al2O3 subjected to high-energy ball milling was studied by X-ray diffraction
analysis. As expected, the ball milling produced a noticeable increase in microstrain and a decrease of the original crystallite size. A mathematical
linear correlation between microstrain and the reciprocal of crystallite size was obtained, and double-n phenomenon was observed in the ε~ 1/D relationship. The
mechanism of microstrain increase for different milling period, which could be reflected from variation of the slope in the ε~ 1/D relationship, was suggested.

Key words: high energy ball milling, alumina, microstrain, crystallite size

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