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The main driving force behind Al/Si ordering in tetrahedral framework aluminosilicates is nearest-neighbour Al/Al avoidance. Computer simulation is used to explore the direct consequences of such Al/Al avoidance. The main result is that the order-disorder transition temperature T c falls dramatically as the concentration x of Al in the structure is reduced, and if the only interactions are those associated with nearest-neighbour Al/Al avoidance, T c becomes zero for x less than some critical value x c , where x c =0.31 for the feldspar framework and x c =0.34 for cordierite. Also a large degree of short range order is found above T c . Both results differ radically from the standard Bragg-Williams model. Plots of entropy and enthalpy of ordering are given as functions of x and T, which may be used to interpret experimental data or for extrapolation into ranges of x and T inaccessible to experiment.
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Received: 14 May 1997 / Revised, accepted: 2 June 1997
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Myers, E., Heine, V. & Dove, M. Thermodynamics of Al/Al avoidance in the ordering of Al/Si tetrahedral framework structures. Phys Chem Min 25, 457–464 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690050136
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s002690050136