Static positional disorder in ulvöspinel: a single-crystal neutron diffraction study
dc.contributor.author | Gatta, GD | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Bosi, F | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | McIntyre, GJ | en_AU |
dc.contributor.author | Hålenius, U | en_AU |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-14T23:52:03Z | en_AU |
dc.date.available | 2016-08-14T23:52:03Z | en_AU |
dc.date.issued | 2014-02-12 | en_AU |
dc.date.statistics | 2016-08-15 | en_AU |
dc.description.abstract | A single-crystal neutron diffraction study of a synthetic ulvöspinel sample of composition Fe3+0.40Fe2+1.80Ti0.80O4 was performed to investigate the static positional disorder at the octahedrally coordinated M site. Anisotropic structural refinement was performed in the space group Fd3̄m against neutron Laue diffraction data collected at 298 K from two millimetric-sized crystals. Initial structure refinements were conducted with Fe and Ti sharing the M site (at 1/2, 1/2, 1/2), and their partial site occupancy was refined. The tetrahedrally coordinated T site (at 1/8, 1/8, 1/8) was modeled as fully occupied by Fe. For both crystals, the final R1 index was about 3% for 9 refined parameters and 129 unitetrahedrallyque reflections, with no significant residuals. As the atomic displacement factors obtained were anomalously high, according to the previous experimental findings, Fobs- and (Fobs–Fcal)-difference Fourier maps of the nuclear density were generated. Fourier maps showed a significant minimum located out-of-center of the M site, and indicating a displacement of the Ti4+ from the center of the octahedron. A further test refinement was successfully conducted with two mutually exclusive sites: MTi out-of-center (at 0.49, 0.49, 0.49) and MFe on the center (at 1/2, 1/2, 1/2). The resulting displacement of Ti from the octahedral center appears to be shorter than 0.15 Å. Using bond-valence theory, the out-of-center distortion of MTi4+ is interpreted as a result of intrinsic distortions in the ulvöspinel structure. The potential implication of the octahedral distortion on the behavior of ulvöspinel at non-ambient conditions is discussed.© 2014, Mineralogical Society of America. | en_AU |
dc.identifier.citation | Gatta, G. D., Bosi, F., McIntyre, G. J., & Hålenius, U. (2014). Static positional disorder in ulvöspinel: a single-crystal neutron diffraction study. American Mineralogist, 99(2-3), 255-260. doi:10.2138/am.2014.4702 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.govdoc | 6941 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issn | 0003-004X | en_AU |
dc.identifier.issue | 2-3 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.journaltitle | American Mineralogist | en_AU |
dc.identifier.pagination | 255-260 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am.2014.4702 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.uri | http://apo.ansto.gov.au/dspace/handle/10238/7299 | en_AU |
dc.identifier.volume | 99 | en_AU |
dc.language.iso | en | en_AU |
dc.publisher | GeoScience World | en_AU |
dc.subject | Neutron diffraction | en_AU |
dc.subject | Atomic displacements | en_AU |
dc.subject | Structure functions | en_AU |
dc.subject | Ambient temperature | en_AU |
dc.subject | Crystals | en_AU |
dc.subject | Atoms | en_AU |
dc.title | Static positional disorder in ulvöspinel: a single-crystal neutron diffraction study | en_AU |
dc.type | Journal Article | en_AU |
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