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Rietveld Analysis of Elpidite Framework Flexibility Using in Situ Powder XRD Data of Thermally Treated Samples
Ist Teil von
Minerals (Basel), 2020-07, Vol.10 (7), p.639
Ort / Verlag
Basel: MDPI AG
Erscheinungsjahr
2020
Quelle
EZB Electronic Journals Library
Beschreibungen/Notizen
The present study demonstrates the capabilities of the Rietveld procedure to track the structural transformations and framework flexibility on the example of the natural water-containing zirconosilicate elpidite, subjected (in bulk) to thermal treatment from room temperature to 300 °C. The methodological approach to the performed refinements and the obtained results are in accordance with the previously reported data from in situ single crystal X-ray diffraction studies on heated samples of the same mineral. More light has been drawn on the temperature interval in which the non-reconstructive topotactic phase transition occurs upon partial dehydration. The framework flexibility observed as a response to the water loss and subsequent thermal expansion was evaluated in terms of intentionally introduced set of geometric parameters characterizing the spatial orientation of symmetrically related zirconium octahedra in the structure, the coordination polyhedra volumes, their distortion indices, and bond angle variances.