Why did the doping of larger cations into the smaller cations site reduce the lattice parameter?

We have synthesized a series of Co0.5Cd0.5Fe2-xCexO4 (0.00 ≤ x ≤ 0.1) nanoferrites using sol-gel method. The results showed that Lattice parameter ‘a’ decreases from 8.470 to 8.369 Å by...

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