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Title: Characterization of commercial aluminate, silicate, and Zero-X materials

Abstract

Lithium aluminate and lithium silicate powders (Lithium Corporation of America) and Zero-X pellets (Ferro Corporation) have been analyzed spectrochemically, by x-ray diffraction, and for lithium, carbon, and water content. These data are presented along with some important physical constants of the materials. Aluminate and silicate powders are incompletely calcined, containing up to 3 wt percent residual lithium carbonate. They have lithium contents that are sub-stoichiometric by as much as 20 percent. They have moisture contents up to 7 wt percent. Aluminate powders contain a variable mixture of the ..cap alpha.. and ..gamma.. allotropes. Silicate powders have the single lithium meta silicate structure. Average particle size of the powders ranges from 75 to 100 microns. Zero-X pellets are calcined completely, and have stoichiometric lithium content, about 105 ppM water, and a density of 1.83 g/cc. Crystal structure is a solid solution of silica in ..beta..-Spodumene.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
7145645
Report Number(s):
BNWL-CC-464
DOE Contract Number:  
E(45-1)-1830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ALUMINATES; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; LITHIUM SILICATES; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; POWDERS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS; COHERENT SCATTERING; DIAGRAMS; DIFFRACTION; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SCATTERING; SILICATES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; 360204* - Ceramics, Cermets, & Refractories- Physical Properties; 360603 - Materials- Properties

Citation Formats

Gurwell, W. E. Characterization of commercial aluminate, silicate, and Zero-X materials. United States: N. p., 1966. Web. doi:10.2172/7145645.
Gurwell, W. E. Characterization of commercial aluminate, silicate, and Zero-X materials. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/7145645
Gurwell, W. E. 1966. "Characterization of commercial aluminate, silicate, and Zero-X materials". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/7145645. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/7145645.
@article{osti_7145645,
title = {Characterization of commercial aluminate, silicate, and Zero-X materials},
author = {Gurwell, W. E.},
abstractNote = {Lithium aluminate and lithium silicate powders (Lithium Corporation of America) and Zero-X pellets (Ferro Corporation) have been analyzed spectrochemically, by x-ray diffraction, and for lithium, carbon, and water content. These data are presented along with some important physical constants of the materials. Aluminate and silicate powders are incompletely calcined, containing up to 3 wt percent residual lithium carbonate. They have lithium contents that are sub-stoichiometric by as much as 20 percent. They have moisture contents up to 7 wt percent. Aluminate powders contain a variable mixture of the ..cap alpha.. and ..gamma.. allotropes. Silicate powders have the single lithium meta silicate structure. Average particle size of the powders ranges from 75 to 100 microns. Zero-X pellets are calcined completely, and have stoichiometric lithium content, about 105 ppM water, and a density of 1.83 g/cc. Crystal structure is a solid solution of silica in ..beta..-Spodumene.},
doi = {10.2172/7145645},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7145645}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1966},
month = {Thu Jan 27 00:00:00 EST 1966}
}