The synthesis and structure of nanocrystalline ... ScienceDirect
αAl 2 O 3 based compounds have large crystals and it is very difficult to reduce the crystallite size because they are very stable and hard. One way of reducing the crystallite size of the materials is by using highenergy ball milling method. Pure and singlephase micronsized αAl 2−x Cr x O 3 (x =,, ) materials were successfully obtained via selfpropagating combustion method.