Abstract
The phase Na5FeSi4O12 [pentasodium iron(III) silicate] crystallizes readily from the Na2O–Fe2O3–SiO2 glass system in a relatively large compositional range. However, its crystal structure and properties have not been studied in detail since its discovery in 1930. In this work, the Na5FeSi4O12 phase was crystallized from a host glass with 5Na2O·Fe2O3·8SiO2 stoichiometry, and both the glass and the crystal were studied. It was found that the Na5FeSi4O12 phase crystallizes at ∼720 °C from the glass and melts at ∼830 °C when heated at a rate of 10 °C min−1. The crystal structure was solved using single-crystal X-ray diffraction and the refined data are reported for the first time for the Na5FeSi4O12 phase. It exhibits trigonal symmetry, space group R\overline{3}c, with a = 21.418 and c = 12.2911 Å. The Na atoms located between adjacent structural channels exhibit positional disorder and splitting which was only refined by using low-temperature data collection (150 K). While ∼7% of the total Fe cations occur as Fe2+ in the glass, four-coordinated Fe3+ constitutes ∼93% of the total Fe cations. However, iron in the crystal, which exhibits a paramagnetic behavior, is solely present as six-coordinated Fe3+. The magnetic and vibrational properties of the glass and crystal are discussed to provide additional insight into the structure.
Funder
The US Department of Energy's Waste Treatment & Immobilization Plant Project of the Office of River Protection managed by Albert A. Kruger
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Inorganic Chemistry,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry,Condensed Matter Physics
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7 articles.
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