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The neutron structural analysis of Cu(Cr2 − x Al x )O4 and Cu(Fe2 − x Al x )O4 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) nanopowders is performed. The samples are prepared by the thermal decomposition of mixed hydroxy compounds at 900°C. Different spinel phases are shown to form in Cu(Cr2 − x Al x )O4: a tetragonally distorted phase when x ≤ 1.0, a cubic phase when x > 1.25, and a mixture of both phases when 1 < x < 1.25. As Al3+ ions substitute Cr3+ ions, a number of Cu2+ ions move from tetrahedral spinel sites to octahedral ones: the degree of inversion δ changes from 0 for CuCr2O4 to ≈0.4 for CuAl2O4. In the Cu(Fe2 − x Al x )O4 system, the cubic spinel forms at all x, except x = 0. The degree of inversion δ varies from 1 for CuFe2O4 to ≈0.4 for CuAl2O4 as Al3+ ions substitute Fe3+ ions. The change in the activation energy of the water-gas shift reaction correlates with the inversion of Cu-containing spinels.
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Original Russian Text © L.M. Plyasova, T.P. Minyukova, T.M. Yurieva, I.A. Bobrikov, A.M. Balagurov, 2016, published in Poverkhnost’, 2016, No. 11, pp. 54–61.
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Plyasova, L.M., Minyukova, T.P., Yurieva, T.M. et al. Cation distribution in Cu(Cr2–x Al x )O4 and Cu(Fe2–x Al x )O4 according to neutron-diffraction studies and their catalytic properties in the water-gas shift reaction. J. Surf. Investig. 10, 1161–1168 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102745101605058X
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