Jz. Jiang et al., MICROSTRUCTURE AND GAS SENSITIVE PROPERTIES OF ALPHA-FE2O3-MO2 (M SN AND TI) MATERIALS PREPARED BY BALL-MILLING, Hyperfine interactions, 113(1-4), 1998, pp. 261-267
Metastable alpha-Fe2O3-MO2 (M: Sn and Ti) solid solutions can be synth
esized by mechanical alloying. The alloy formation, microstructuret an
d gas sensitive properties of mechanically milled alpha-Fe2O3-SnO2 mat
erials are discussed. Tin ions in alpha-Fe2O3 are found to occupy the
empty octahedral holes in the alpha-Fe2O3 lattice. This interstitial m
odel can also describe the structure of alpha-Fe2O3-TiO2 solid solutio
ns. Finally, a correlation of gas sensitive properties with microstruc
ture of alpha-Fe2O3SnO2 materials is presented.