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Thermodynamics and crystal chemistry of the hematite–corundum solid solution and the FeAlO 3 phase

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dc.contributor Department of Chemistry University of Michigan Ann Arbor Michigan 48109, USA, US
dc.contributor Thermochemistry Facility Department of Geology University of California at Davis Davis California 95616, USA e-mail: jmajzlan@ucdavis.edu Fax: +1-530-752-9307 Tel.: +1-530-754-2131, US
dc.contributor Thermochemistry Facility Department of Geology University of California at Davis Davis California 95616, USA e-mail: jmajzlan@ucdavis.edu Fax: +1-530-752-9307 Tel.: +1-530-754-2131, US
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dc.creator Majzlan, J.
dc.creator Navrotsky, Alexandra
dc.creator Evans, B. J.
dc.date 2006-09-08T19:57:50Z
dc.date 2006-09-08T19:57:50Z
dc.date 2002-09
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-19T13:30:24Z
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dc.identifier Majzlan, J.; Navrotsky, A.; Evans, B. J.; (2002). "Thermodynamics and crystal chemistry of the hematite–corundum solid solution and the FeAlO 3 phase." Physics and Chemistry of Minerals 29(8): 515-526. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42094>
dc.identifier 0342-1791
dc.identifier https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/42094
dc.identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00269-002-0261-7
dc.identifier Physics and Chemistry of Minerals
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dc.description  High-temperature oxide-melt calorimetry and Rietveld refinement of powder X-ray diffraction patterns were used to investigate the energetics and structure of the hematite–corundum solid solution and ternary phase FeAlO 3 (with FeGaO 3 structure). The mixing enthalpies in the solid solution can be described by a polynomial ΔH mix = WX hem (1− X hem ) with W =116 ± 10 kJ mol −1 . The excess mixing enthalpies are too positive to reproduce the experimental phase diagram, and excess entropies in the solid solution should be considered. The hematite–corundum solvus can be approximately reproduced by a symmetric, regular-like solution model with Δ G excess =( W H − TW S ) X hem X cor , where W H = 116 ± 10 kJ mol −1 and W S =32 ± 4 J mol −1 K −1 . In this model, short-range order (SRO) of Fe/Al is neglected because SRO probably becomes important only at intermediate compositions close to Fe:Al=1:1 but these compositions cannot be synthesized. The volume of mixing is positive for Al-hematite but almost ideal for Fe-corundum. Moreover, the degree of deviation from Vegard's law for Al-hematite depends on the history of the samples. Introduction of Al into the hematite structure causes varying distortion of the hexagonal network of oxygen ions while the position of the metal ions remains intact. Distortion of the hexagonal network of oxygen ions attains a minimum at the composition (Fe 0.95 Al 0.05 ) 2 O 3 . The enthalpy of formation of FeAlO 3 from oxides at 298 K is 27.9 ± 1.8 kJ mol −1 . Its estimated standard entropy (including configurational entropy due to disorder of Fe/Al) is 98.9 J mol −1 K −1 , giving the standard free energy of formation at 298 K from oxides and elements as +19.1 ± 1.8 and −1144.2 ± 2.0 kJ mol −1 , respectively. The heat capacity of FeAlO 3 is approximated as C p ( T in K)= 175.8 − 0.002472 T − (1.958 × 10 6 )/ T 2 − 917.3/ T 0.5 +(7.546 × 10 −6 ) T 2 between 298 and 1550 K, based on differential scanning calorimetric measurements. No ferrous iron was detected in FeAlO 3 by Mössbauer spectroscopy. The ternary phase is entropy stabilized and is predicted to be stable above about 1730 ± 70 K, in good agreement with the experiment. Static lattice calculations show that the LiNbO 3 -, FeGaO 3 -, FeTiO 3 -, and disordered corundum-like FeAlO 3 structures are less stable (in the order in which they are listed) than a mechanical mixture of corundum and hematite. At high temperatures, the FeGaO 3 -like structure is favored by its entropy, and its stability field appears on the phase diagram.
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dc.publisher Springer-Verlag; Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
dc.subject Solid Solution
dc.subject Thermodynamics
dc.subject Legacy
dc.subject FeAlO3
dc.subject Keywords Hematite
dc.subject Corundum
dc.subject Geology and Earth Sciences
dc.subject Chemistry
dc.subject Science
dc.title Thermodynamics and crystal chemistry of the hematite–corundum solid solution and the FeAlO 3 phase
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