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High-resolution /sup 23/Na, /sup 27/Al, and /sup 29/Si NMR spectroscopy of framework aluminosilicate glasses

Journal Article · · Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta; (United States)

The results of high-resolution /sup 23/Na, /sup 27/Al, and /sup 29/Si NMR spectroscopy of aluminosilicate glasses with MO/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ or L/sub 2/O/Al/sub 2/O/sub 3/ = 1 (M = +2, L = +1 cations) shows that these glasses have a fully polymerized tetrahedral framework structure with only a defect level of non-bridging oxygens. The chemical shifts of the peak maxima for all three nuclides become less shielded with decreasing Si/(Si + Al). For /sup 29/Si and /sup 27/Al, this variation parallels the variation of framework crystalline silicates. The /sup 23/Na chemical shifts for the glasses becomes less shielded (less negative) with decreasing Na/(Na + K), opposite to the trend for crystalline alkali feldspars. Few data exist for the /sup 23/Na chemical shifts of crystalline samples, and the structural causes of variation in /sup 23/Na chemical shifts are not well understood. The /sup 27/Al and /sup 29/Si chemical shifts of the glasses do not vary significantly with different large (modifier) cations. The /sup 29/Si chemical shifts provide estimates of average Si-O-T (T = Si, Al) bond angles and Si-O bond distances, and the /sup 27/Al and /sup 29/Si chemical shifts and peak breadths are consistent with a decrease in the tetrahedral ring order with decreasing Si/(Si +Al). The data presented here for fully polymerized glasses form a base from which the data for aluminosilicate glasses containing both fully polymerized sites and less polymerized sites can be interpreted.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Illinois, Urbana (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER13437
OSTI ID:
5062831
Journal Information:
Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta; (United States), Journal Name: Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta; (United States) Vol. 51:8; ISSN GCACA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English