The kinetics and mechanism of doped corundum structure formation in an water fluid

Abstract

The kinetics and mechanism of corundum formation from hydrargillite in an water medium under sub- and supercritical conditions in the presence of manganese ions was studied. The conclusion was drawn that corundum structure formation with the insertion and uniform distribution of manganese ions occurred thanks to solid-state mobility, which appeared under the conditions of reversible dehydroxylation in the interaction of a solid matrix with an water fluid. Complex defects containing Mn2+, Mn3+, and Mn4+ ions along with hydroxyl groups and oxygen vacancies were formed when corundum was doped with manganese ions in different charge states because of redox processes in a supercritical water fluid. Corundum doped with manganese exhibited ferromagnetic properties at room temperature.