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The accurate measurement of thermal expansion in spinel MgAl2O4 over a temperature range between 30° C and 900° C has revealed an anomalous behaviour indicating a possible presence of a second order phase transition at 660° C.
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Suzuki, I., Kumazawa, M. Anomalous thermal expansion in spinel MgAl2O4 . Phys. Chem. Minerals 5, 279–284 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00348575
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