The LiTiMO 4 (spinel) ↔ LiTiMO 4 (ramsdellite) transformation has been investigated by combining computational and experimental techniques, for M = Ti, V, Cr, Mn, and Fe, in order to understand the characteristics of this transformation and the influence of the metal M on the relative stability of the ramsdellite polymorph. The calculations predict that all the aforementioned LiTiMO 4 spinels are thermodynamically stable with respect to the ramsdellite polymorph, with the calculated enthalpy variation of the transformation being less than 40 kJ mol -1 . In the case of normal spinels [Li]