ISSN:
1432-2021
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Geosciences
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Physics
Notes:
Abstract ɛ-Na2Si2O5, ζ-Na2Si2O5, Na2Si[Si2O7], and Na6Si3[Si9O27] have been synthesized using an MA6/8 superpress. Densification in high-pressure sodium silicates is effected largely by changes in packing. In the relaxed (1 bar) structures, cation polyhedra and thermal/displacement parameters are similar to those of low-pressure silicates, but the extra-framework cation positions are oversized. The two mixed [4]Si and [6]Si framework silicates of known structure (Na2Si[Si2O7] and Na6Si3[Si9O27]) belong to the limited homologous series Na2mSim[Sin–mO2n+m], with m〈n. The structure-composition relationships of wadeite-type, A2Ge4O9-type, and Na6Si3[Si9O27] silicates and germanates depend on T-O distance and size of the large extra-framework cation. Characteristic features of the SiO4 tetrahedral units are present in micro-Raman spectra of mixed [4]Si and [6]Si framework silicates, but bands uniquely attributable to SiO6 octahedra are weak or obscured. However, [6]Si has a profound indirect influence on the Raman spectra, resulting in intense and complex low-frequency bands, assigned to symmetric bending modes with coupled displacements at both bridging oxygens and nonbridging oxygens bonded to [6]Si, and a shift to higher frequency and reduction in intensity of the high-frequency bands assigned to symmetric [4]Si-Onbr stretching vibrations. Raman spectroscopy does not appear to be a useful structural probe for small amounts of [6]Si in silicate glasses and melts.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s002690050048
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