Through the execution of experimental investigation, thermogravimetry, X-ray diffractometry, Fourier transform-infrared spectrometry, transmission electron microscopy, and energy-dispersive spectrometry, a variant reaction mechanism model was proposed for the solid-state reaction between SrCO3 and Al2O3/AlOOH for formation of SrAl2O4 material. The solid-state reaction is observed to be dependent on the calcination temperature. At temperatures lower than the transformation temperature of SrCO3 from orthorhombic to hexagonal (920 degrees C), the reaction is attributed to the interfacial reaction between SrCO3 and alumina. Conversely, at temperatures higher than that, the solid-state reaction is dominated by the diffusion of Al3+ ions into the SrCO3 lattice. In this mechanism, two metastable species, hexagonal SrCO3 and hexagonal SrAl2O4, were observed. The activation energies of SrCO3 decomposition in the solid-state reaction also support these results. The interfacial reaction at low temperatures is characterized by a high activation energy of similar to 130 kJ/mol; whereas, in the reaction at higher temperatures, the activation energy of SrCO3 decomposition decreases to 34 kJ/mol.