Alumina-free lattice calculations

Discussion of Alumina-Free-Lattice Calculations. Two main conclusions emerge from the results presented so far. Firstly, the energy differences between tetrahedral networks with different ring systems are very small, except when the networks contain 3-rings not found in nature. 

Adsorbed water was observed to have a large effect on the F spin-lattice relaxation time for fluorine-doped aluminas in the dilute and intermediate concentration range of fluorine (0.3-8 wt. % F). An increase in Ti by a factor of 2 to 3 was observed in these samples when adsorbed water was removed from the solid by heating between 200-300°. The effect was completely reversible addition of oxygen-free water back to the solid resulted in recovery of the original (shorter) relaxation time. This effect was observed by the measurement of the in phase and ir/2 out of phase components of the dispersion derivative at resonance dx /6Ho at high rf power, from which effective values of Ti may be calculated 46). Values of Ti were also obtained by saturation of the resonance absorption derivative. 

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