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Alpha Alumina

Alpha Alumina is a crystalline polymorph of aluminum oxide (Al₂O₃) belonging to the hexagonal close-packed family of ceramic materials, distinguished by its thermodynamically stable, highly refractory α-phase structure with space group R$\overline{3}$c, exhibiting exceptional hardness, chemical inertness, and thermal stability compared to metastable alumina phases.

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168

Variants

Corundumα-Alumina

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Evaluated Material Properties for a Sintered alpha‐Alumina

Ronald G. Munro · Journal of the American Ceramic Society · 1997 · 807 citations

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A novel combustion process for the synthesis of fine particle α-alumina and related oxide materials

J.J. Kingsley, K. C. Patil · Materials Letters · 1988 · 655 citations

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Structure of the Hydrated α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub>(0001) Surface

Peter J. Eng, Thomas P. Trainor, Gordon E. Brown et al. · Science · 2000 · 563 citations · Full text

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Enthalpy and Heat-Capacity Standard Reference Material: Synthetic Sapphire (Alpha-Al2O3) From 10 to 2250 K

David A. Ditmars, Shigeru Ishihara, Shu‐Sing Chang et al. · Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards · 1982 · 560 citations · Full text

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Heteroepitaxy of Corundum-Structured α-Ga<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Thin Films on α-Al<sub>2</sub>O<sub>3</sub> Substrates by Ultrasonic Mist Chemical Vapor Deposition

Daisuke Shinohara, Shizυo Fujita · Japanese Journal of Applied Physics · 2008 · 516 citations

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    Gary L. Messing

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    20 publications · 1.6K citations

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    M.L. Chithambo

    Rhodes University, South Africa

    10 publications · 333 citations

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    David R. Clarke

    University of California, Santa Barbara, United States

    9 publications · 927 citations

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    Fu‐Su Yen

    National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan

    9 publications · 314 citations

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    Ping Shen

    Jilin University, China

    8 publications · 382 citations

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  1. American Ceramic Society

    Westerville, United States

    43 h-index

    168 publications

    9.9K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    31 h-index

    185 publications

    8.5K citations

  3. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    27 h-index

    68 publications

    5.4K citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    18 h-index

    91 publications

    4.8K citations

  5. National Cheng Kung University

    Tainan City, Taiwan

    16 h-index

    66 publications

    2.7K citations

  6. The University of Osaka

    Osaka, Japan

    15 h-index

    46 publications

    1.8K citations

  7. Tohoku University

    Sendai, Japan

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    52 publications

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  8. Oak Ridge National Laboratory

    Oak Ridge, United States

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    40 publications

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  1. Journal of the American Ceramic Society

    167 publications · 9.4K citations

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  2. Ceramics International

    66 publications · 2.4K citations

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  3. Journal of the European Ceramic Society

    44 publications · 1.6K citations

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  4. Surface Science

    35 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. Acta Materialia

    23 publications · 1.8K citations

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