Author:
Fricke Maximilian,Thomas Noel W.
Abstract
The pseudocubic (PC) parameterization of O4 tetrahedra [Reifenberg & Thomas (2018). Acta Cryst. B74, 165–181] is applied to quartz (SiO2) and its structural analogue germanium dioxide (GeO2). In α-quartz and GeO2, the pseudocubes are defined by three length parameters, a
PC, b
PC and c
PC, together with an angle parameter αPC. In β-quartz, αPC has a fixed value of 90°. For quartz, the temperature evolution of parameters for the pseudocubes and the silicon ion network is established by reference to the structural refinements of Antao [Acta Cryst. (2016), B72, 249–262]. In α-quartz, the curve-fitting employed to express the non-linear temperature dependence of pseudocubic length and Si parameters exploits the model of a first-order Landau phase transition utilized by Grimm & Dorner [J. Phys. Chem. Solids (1975), 36, 407–413]. Since values of tetrahedral tilt angles about 〈100〉 axes also result from the pseudocubic transformation, a curve for the observed non-monotonic variation of αPC with temperature can also be fitted. Reverse transformation of curve-derived values of [Si+PC] parameters to crystallographic parameters a, c, x
Si, x
O, y
O and z
O at interpolated or extrapolated temperatures is demonstrated for α-quartz. A reverse transformation to crystallographic parameters a, c, x
O is likewise carried out for β-quartz. This capability corresponds to a method of structure prediction. Support for the applicability of the approach to GeO2 is provided by analysing the structural refinements of Haines et al. [J. Solid State Chem. (2002), 166, 434–441]. An analysis of trends in tetrahedral distortion and tilt angle in α-quartz and GeO2 supports the view that GeO2 is a good model for quartz at high pressure.
Publisher
International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)
Subject
Materials Chemistry,Metals and Alloys,Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Cited by
2 articles.
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