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Ligand Field for Chromic Ions in the Corundum Lattice

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RECENT work on absorption spectra and lattice spacings in the Al2O3–Cr2O3 solid solution1–6 has been in sufficient agreement to warrant a fitting of the optical results to the crystal field-splitting diagram7. The relevant terms are shown in Fig. 1, which also shows the transitions involved in the yellow and blue absorption bands.

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GRAHAM, J., SCAIFE, D. Ligand Field for Chromic Ions in the Corundum Lattice. Nature 192, 161–163 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/192161b0

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