The phrase "attributed to a small" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing something that is ascribed or credited to a small group, entity, or factor.
Example: "The success of the project was largely attributed to a small team of dedicated researchers."
Alternatives: "credited to a small" or "ascribed to a small".
The contaminated carbon is attributed to a small amount of graphite from the reaction source.
Coherent interfaces between TiAlN/CrN were observed, which can be attributed to a small mismatch between lattice parameters.
Accumulated evidence suggests that in many human cancers, including GBM, therapeutic resistance can be attributed to a small fraction of cancer cells known as cancer stem cells (CSCs).
The absence of significant recovery during furnace cooldown is attributed to a small amount of iron in supersaturated solution, and/or to subgrain boundary pinning at the fibres.
We also show, through careful control measurements, that some of the variability observed in the membrane performance can be attributed to a small amount of strongly bound solvent from the synthesis/dendrimer processing.
Such an arrangement involving a weakened uppermost crust might better explain the observed vertical GPS deformation distribution, suggested to be attributed to a small "normal-fault" component along the upper part of the fault planes [42].
The line broadening is attributed to a smaller crystallite size and to a larger amount of defects in multiwall MoS2 nanotubes compared to MoS2 single crystals [22, 23].
For sufficiently large heated area, this can be mainly attributed to a smaller average evaporating film thickness for a larger evaporation area.
The excellent glass-forming ability of this alloy is attributed to a smaller thermodynamic driving force and larger diffusion length for crystallization than in other bulk metallic glass-forming alloys.
Note that the contrary order of interaction energy to H2 permeability for GM F and GM OH may be attributed to a smaller active surface area of GM OH than that of GM F at the entrance, which will be discussed in the following.
This modification was attributed to a smaller cobalt particle size, to the specific adsorption/desorption properties of H2 and CO on Co CeO2/SiO2 catalysts and also to the possible presence of formate species, which could be formed on the partially reduced ceria pointed out by H2 and CO TPD studies.
