The synthetic amphibole Na0.95(Li0.95Mg1.05)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 was studied in situ at high-T, using IR OH-stretching spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. At room-T the sample has P21/m symmetry, as shown by the FTIR spectrum. It shows in the OH region two well-defined and intense absorptions at 3,748 and 3,712 cm-1, respectively, and two minor bands at 3,667 and 3,687 cm-1. The main bands are assigned to the two independent O–H groups in the primitive structure. The two minor bands evidencing the presence of small amount of vacant A-site (A[]0.05). With increasing T, these bands shift continuously and merge into a unique absorption at high temperature. A change as a function of increasing T is revealed by the evolution of the refined unit-cell parameters, whose trend shows a transition to C2/m at about 320–330 °C. The spontaneous scalar strain, fitted with a tricritical 2–6 Landau potential, gives a Tc of 325(10)°C (b parameter = 0.27). Comparison with the second-order P21/m , C2/m phase transition at 255 °C for synthetic amphibole ANa0.8B(Na0.8Mg1.2)CMg5Si8O22(OH)2 indicates that the substitution of Na with Li at the B-sites strongly affects the thermodynamic character and the Tc of the phase transition. The comparison of LNMSH amphiboles with cummingtonitic ones shows that the high-T thermodynamic behaviour is affected by A-site occupancy.

Iezzi, G., Tribaudino, M., DELLA VUNTURA, G., Nestola, F., Bellatreccia, F. (2005). High-T phase transition of synthetic <sup>A</sup>Na<sup>B</sup>(LiMg)<sup>C</sup>Mg<sub>5</sub>Si<sub>8</sub>O<sub>22</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> amphibole: an X-ray synchrotron powder diffraction and FTIR spectroscopic study. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS, 32, 515-523.

High-T phase transition of synthetic ANaB(LiMg)CMg5Si8O22(OH)2 amphibole: an X-ray synchrotron powder diffraction and FTIR spectroscopic study

BELLATRECCIA, FABIO
2005-01-01

Abstract

The synthetic amphibole Na0.95(Li0.95Mg1.05)Mg5Si8O22(OH)2 was studied in situ at high-T, using IR OH-stretching spectroscopy and synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction. At room-T the sample has P21/m symmetry, as shown by the FTIR spectrum. It shows in the OH region two well-defined and intense absorptions at 3,748 and 3,712 cm-1, respectively, and two minor bands at 3,667 and 3,687 cm-1. The main bands are assigned to the two independent O–H groups in the primitive structure. The two minor bands evidencing the presence of small amount of vacant A-site (A[]0.05). With increasing T, these bands shift continuously and merge into a unique absorption at high temperature. A change as a function of increasing T is revealed by the evolution of the refined unit-cell parameters, whose trend shows a transition to C2/m at about 320–330 °C. The spontaneous scalar strain, fitted with a tricritical 2–6 Landau potential, gives a Tc of 325(10)°C (b parameter = 0.27). Comparison with the second-order P21/m , C2/m phase transition at 255 °C for synthetic amphibole ANa0.8B(Na0.8Mg1.2)CMg5Si8O22(OH)2 indicates that the substitution of Na with Li at the B-sites strongly affects the thermodynamic character and the Tc of the phase transition. The comparison of LNMSH amphiboles with cummingtonitic ones shows that the high-T thermodynamic behaviour is affected by A-site occupancy.
2005
Iezzi, G., Tribaudino, M., DELLA VUNTURA, G., Nestola, F., Bellatreccia, F. (2005). High-T phase transition of synthetic <sup>A</sup>Na<sup>B</sup>(LiMg)<sup>C</sup>Mg<sub>5</sub>Si<sub>8</sub>O<sub>22</sub>(OH)<sub>2</sub> amphibole: an X-ray synchrotron powder diffraction and FTIR spectroscopic study. PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF MINERALS, 32, 515-523.
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