Variations in the structure of gamma-alumina (
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-Al
2O
3), derived from well-crystallineboehmite, calcined at various temperatures in air were investigated. Consistent distributionof cation coordination, ~69% octahedral and ~31% tetrahedral, was observed for materialcalcined between 500 and 900
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C. Gamma alumina was found to be present between 450and 750
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C. Its structure was tetragonally distorted but showed a reduced tetragonaldistortion with increasing temperature. A cubic
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-Al
2O
3 phase was never detected. Above750
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C,
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-Al
2O
3 was not observed, but instead a new phase was identified and designatedgamma-prime-alumina (
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'-Al
2O
3). Similarly to
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-Al
2O
3,
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'-Al
2O
3 was determined to be a triplecell of
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-Al
2O
3 and was described using the
P
m2 space group. The cation ordering in thisstructure is more obvious than that for
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-Al
2O
3, with fewer site positions being occupiedwith increasing calcination temperature.