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Thermochemistry and structure of glasses along the join NaAlSi sub 3 O sub 8 -NaBSi sub 3 O sub 8

Journal Article · · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (USA)
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  1. Corning Glass Works, NY (USA)
  2. Princeton Univ., NJ (USA)
  3. Univ. of Illinois at Urbanna-Champaign, IL (USA)

Glasses along the join NaAlSi{sub 3}-O{sub 8}-NaBiO{sub 8} and the end-member crystalline phases albite and reedmergnerite were investigated using {sup 11}B, {sup 23}Na, {sup 27}Al and {sup 29}Si MAS NMR spectroscopy and oxide-melt solution calorimetry. The glasses have substantial positive enthalpies of mixing described by the equation {Delta}H{sub mix} (kcal{center dot}mol{sup minus 1}) = 4.4({plus minus} 1.0)X(1 - X), where X is the mole fraction Rd component. {sup 11}B MAS NMR spectra show that boron occurs in both trigonal and tetrahedral coordination in the glasses, with the percentage of B in trigonal coordination decreasing from about 60% at Rd{sub 20}Ab{sub 80} to about 29% at Rd{sub 100}. Thus, the glasses are structurally more complex than the end-member crystals which are tetrahedral framework minerals. The NMR data suggest that all or most of the Si, Al and tetrahedral B occur in Q{sup 4} (framework) sites. They are also consistent with the ideas that most of the tetrahedral B does not extensively copolymerize with trigonal boron, that at least some of the non-bridging oxygens formed by the presence of trigonal boron are located on SiO{sub 4} tetrahedra, and that Si and trigonal B do not occur as next-nearest neighbors. Both the NMR and the {Delta}H{sub mix} results indicate the presence of clustering. Such clustering might involve separation into framework regions and regions dominated by trigonal boron and/or into B-rich and Al-rich framework regions.

DOE Contract Number:
FG02-85ER13437
OSTI ID:
5180600
Journal Information:
Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (USA), Journal Name: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (USA) Vol. 52:10; ISSN GCACA; ISSN 0016-7037
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English