Hydrogen-bond and cation partitioning in muscovite: a single-crystal neutron-diffraction study at 295 and 20 K

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dc.contributor.authorGatta, GDen_AU
dc.contributor.authorMcIntyre, GJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSassi, Ren_AU
dc.contributor.authorRotiroti, Nen_AU
dc.contributor.authorPavese, Aen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2011-12-14T00:24:10Zen_AU
dc.date.available2011-12-14T00:24:10Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2011-01-01en_AU
dc.date.statistics2011-12-14en_AU
dc.description.abstractThe crystal chemistry of a pegmatitic Fe-bearing muscovite (with FeO similar to 5.1 wt%) from Val di Crana, Arvogno (Verbania, Nothern Italy) has been investigated by means of wavelength-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and constant-wavelength [lambda = 0.9462(2) angstrom] single-crystal neutron diffraction at 295 and 20 K (2 theta(max) = 90 degrees). The structure refinement at 295 K shows no significant deviation from the full occupancy of the K site (using the scattering length of potassium alone), and a disordered Si/Al-distribution in the two independent tetrahedral sites (i.e., T1 and T2) and Fe/Al-distribution in the M2 octahedral site. The difference Fourier map of the nuclear density shows that only one independent H site occurs in the muscovite structure, at both room and low temperature. No evidence of disorder in two sub-sites, as observed in a previous study, was found. The thermal displacement of the H site is here described anisotropically. A trifurcated hydrogen bonding scheme was found: the O6-H bond distance corrected for "riding motion" is similar to 0.984 angstrom at 295 K, and three significantly weak hydrogen bonds to the O atoms O2, O4, and O6 occur, with H center dot center dot center dot O2 = 2.635(5), H center dot center dot center dot O4 = 2.657(4), and H center dot center dot center dot O5 = 2.647(4) angstrom and O6-H center dot center dot center dot O angles all similar in value (similar to 138 degrees). The structure refinements show that the structure configuration of muscovite is maintained at least down to 20 K: the cation disordering in the tetrahedral and octahedral site and the H-bonding scheme are preserved. The structural evolution induced by decreasing temperature is governed by the contraction along a direction perpendicular to (001), mainly due to the compression of the "inner" K-O bonds, which leads to an increase of the tetrahedral rotation angle (alpha) of the six-membered ring. A further effect in response to lowering the temperature is a significant reduction of the magnitude of the thermal displacement parameters. © 2011, Mineralogical Society of Americaen_AU
dc.identifier.citationGatta, G.D., McIntyre, G.J., Sassi, R., Rotiroti, N., Pavese, A. (2011). Hydrogen-bond and cation partitioning in muscovite: a single-crystal neutron-diffraction study at 295 and 20 K. American Mineralogist, 96(1), 34-41. doi:10.2138/am.2011.3595en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc3882en_AU
dc.identifier.issn0003-004Xen_AU
dc.identifier.issue1en_AU
dc.identifier.journaltitleAmerican Mineralogisten_AU
dc.identifier.pagination34-41en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am.2011.3595en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/3947en_AU
dc.identifier.volume96en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherMineralogical Society of Americaen_AU
dc.subjectNeutron diffractionen_AU
dc.subjectHydrogenen_AU
dc.subjectMuscoviteen_AU
dc.subjectCationsen_AU
dc.subjectX-ray diffractionen_AU
dc.subjectBondingen_AU
dc.titleHydrogen-bond and cation partitioning in muscovite: a single-crystal neutron-diffraction study at 295 and 20 Ken_AU
dc.typeJournal Articleen_AU
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