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H2O and the dehydroxylation of phyllosilicates: An infrared spectroscopic study

  • Ming Zhang EMAIL logo , Simon A.T. Redfern , Ekhard K.H. Salje , Michael A. Carpenter and Ling Wang
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American Mineralogist
From the journal American Mineralogist Volume 95 Issue 11-12

Abstract

As shown by in situ infrared spectroscopy and analysis of quenched samples, phyllosilicates (muscovite, sericite, pyrophyllite, and talc) under dehydroxylation conditions lack the characteristic bands near 1600 cm-1 (bending) and 5200 cm-1 (combination) of H2O, and they contain virtually no H2O but an abundance of OH. This observation appears to be at variance with the formal description of dehydroxylation in bulk samples as 2(OH) → H2O + O, whereas it is suggested that hydrogen diffuses in the form of (OH)- or/and H+ in dehydroxylation. The upper limit of H2O in the dehydroxlated bulk is likely to be at the parts per million level in phyllosilicates that contain structural OH ions equivalent to 4-5 wt% H2O. The observations suggest that H2O molecules are probably formed near the surface of the sample.

Keywords: Dehydroxylation; phyllosilicates; H2O; infrared spectroscopy
Received: 2010-3-22
Accepted: 2010-6-27
Published Online: 2015-4-2
Published in Print: 2010-11-1

© 2015 by Walter de Gruyter Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2010.3561
Keywords for this article
Dehydroxylation; phyllosilicates; H2O; infrared spectroscopy

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  2. Structure of nanocrystalline phyllomanganates produced by freshwater fungi
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  5. Metal retention, mineralogy, and design considerations of a mature permeable reactive barrier (PRB) for acidic mine water drainage in Northumberland, U.K.
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  7. XRD, micro-XANES, EMPA, and SIMS investigation on phlogopite single crystals from Mt. Vulture (Italy)
  8. Volume behavior of the 10 Å phase at high pressures and temperatures, with implications for H2O content
  9. Interfacial tension between immiscible liquids in the system K2O-FeO-Fe2O3-Al2O3-SiO2 and implications for the kinetics of silicate melt unmixing
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