Luminescence of Cr3+ in natural and calcined diaspore

S. Shoval, M. Gaft, G. Panczer

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Abstract

The luminescence of Cr3+ in natural and calcined diaspore is applied to probe structural properties of the phases. Steady-state luminescence spectra of the natural diaspore [α-AlO(OH)] are typical of 2E→4A2 transitions of Cr3+ luminescence centers (R-lines) substituting for Al3+ in six-fold coordination. The dehydroxylated phase of the diaspore is characterized by a low degree of crystallinity. This phase is not detectable by XRD and Raman spectroscopy up to 900°C. The time-resolved luminescence spectra of the diaspore treated at 900°C showed two variations: the first is an R-line of Cr3+ luminescence in octahedral sites with a strong crystal field in a very disordered environment, and the second is a broad band of Cr3+ luminescence in weaker crystal field sites. The crystalline phase of corundum [α-Al2O3] is detected by XRD and Raman spectroscopy after treating the diaspore at 1000°C and above (up to 1300°C). The lines in the spectrum of the diaspore treated at this temperature are typical of Cr3+ luminescence centers (R-lines) in Cr-corundum (ruby) structure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)699-706
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry
Volume71
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Open University of Israel Research Fund.

Keywords

  • Corundum
  • Cr
  • Diaspore
  • FT-IR
  • Luminescence
  • Micro-Raman

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