The lattice parameters and interplanar spacings of some artificially prepared melilites
1948 ◽
Vol 28
(202)
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pp. 374-379
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Keyword(s):
X Ray
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A laboratory investigation in connexion with some blast-furnace slags, led to the preparation of the five synthetic melilites for which X-ray data are provided. The five compounds represent gehlenite, åkermanite and three members of the intermediate series of solid solutions, corresponding to 25, 50, and 75 % of åkermanite.The binary system gehlenite–åkermanite was studied by Ferguson and Buddington, who established relationships between refractive indices, density, and composition and determined solidus and liquidus curves. The crystal structure of the melilite group of compounds was investigated by Warren, who showed that the structure was based on a tetragonal lattice.