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Dehydration sequence of hydrated alumina in air
Dehydration sequence of hydrated alumina in air.

Path (b) is favoured by moisture, alkalinity, and coarse particle size (100µm), path (a) by fine crystal size (<10µm).

after Gitzen, Walter H.; Alumina as a Cermaic Material, The American Ceramic Society. Inc., Columbus Ohio.
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