Fluorine in silicate glasses: A multinuclear nuclear magnetic resonance study

Journal Article · Sat Feb 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0016-7037(92)90091-V· OSTI ID:5263017

Schaller, T; Dingwell, D B; Keppler, H; Merwin, L; Sebald, A ^[1]; Knoeller, W ^[2]

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1. Univ. Bayreuth (West Germany)
2. Bruker Analytische Messtechnik, Rheinstetten (West Germany)

Anhydrous nepheline, jadeite, and albite glasses doped with F as well as hydrous F-containing haplogranitic glasses were investigated using {sup 19}F combined rotation and multiple-pulse spectroscopy; {sup 19}F {yields} {sup 29}Si cross-polarization/magic angle spinning (MAS); and high-power {sup 19}F decoupled {sup 29}Si, {sup 23}Na, and {sup 27}Al MAS nuclear magnetic resonance methods. Fluorine preferentially coordinates with Al to form octahedral AlF{sub 6}{sup 3{minus}} complexes in all glasses studied. In addition, F anions bridging two Al cations, units containing octahedral Al coordinated by both O and F, or tetrahedral Al-F complexes might be present. The presence of Si-F bonds cannot be entirely ruled out but appears unlikely on the basis of the {sup 19}F {yields} {sup 29}Si CP/MAS spectra. There is no evidence for any significant coordination of F with alkalis in the glasses studied. Over the range of F contents studied (up to 5 wt.%), there seems to be hardly any dependence of F speciation on the concentration of F in the samples. The spectroscopic results explain the decrease of the viscosity of silicate melts with increasing F content by removal of Al from bridging AlO{sub 4}-units due to complexing with F, which causes depolymerization of the melt. The same mechanism can account for the shift of the eutectic point in the haplogranite system to more feldspar-rich compositions with increasing F content, and for the peraluminous composition of most F-rich granites. Liquid immiscibility in F-rich granitic melts might be caused by formation of (Na,K){sub 3}AlF{sub 6} units in the melt with little or no interaction with the silicate component. The presence of F in granitic melts might increase the solubility of high field strength cations by making nonbridging O atoms available which form complexes with these cations.

• OSTI ID: 5263017
• Journal Information: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States), Journal Name: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta; (United States) Vol. 56:2; ISSN GCACA; ISSN 0016-7037
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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