Effect of Synthesis Techniques on Crystallite Size and Morphology of Lithium Aluminate
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- Vol. 78 (4) , 933-938
Abstract
γ‐LiAlO 2 is considered as a candidate tritium breeder material for fusion reactors because of its thermophysical, chemical, and mechanical stability at high temperatures and its favorable neutron irradiation behavior. Crystallite size and shape could, however, alter these features. In this study the mean crystallite size, the crystallite size distribution, and the morphology of γ‐LiAlO 2 are correlated to the synthesis procedure. The characterization techniques were powder X‐ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy.Keywords
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