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Past exam of the materials science course of the University of Cambridge 2022 Paper 1 2 b i Solution by
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There are four cation sites per conventional unit cell, hence Gd substitutions per cell on average. Two substitutions of Gd for Ce require one oxygen vacancy for charge neutrality, so the cell contains vacancies. Equivalently, the composition is . ThereforeThis uses the supplied lattice parameter literally and treats it as the conventional fluorite-cell edge.
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