Determination of the composition of natural nephelines by an X-ray method

Author(s):  
J. V. Smith ◽  
Th. G. Sahama

In the course of the investigation of the nepheline-kalsilite system by Tuttle and Smith an X-ray method for determining the KAlSiO4 content of synthetic nephelines of composition (Na,K)AlSiO4 has been developed. This method is rapid and sensitive to about 1 % in composition ; details will be given in a later publication.Natural nephelines usually do not have the ideal composition (K,Na)AlSiO4, for they often contain excess silica and certain substituted atoms like Ca and Fe. We have, however, used this X-ray method on natural nephelines to see whether it is also applicable to them. If the method proved satisfactory, information on the chemical composition of natural nephelines could be rapidly obtained.

Author(s):  
E. Z. Basta

SummaryAn analysed magnetite from Bisperg, Säter, Dalecarlia, Sweden, gave the formula , which corresponds closely to the ideal composition. A precise determination of the cell dimensions gave a 8·3963±0·0005 Å. at 18° C. Gentle heating of the powdered magnetite in evacuated silica glass tubes, before X-ray examination, resulted in sharply defined lines with high Bragg angles; an improvement which enabled precision data to be obtained. Four other new analyses of magnetites are also given and their lattice parameters are determined in the same way and are found to range from 8·3960 Å. to 8·3970 Å. The Bisperg magnetite being the purest sample examined, the value of its cell edge is taken as representative of pure magnetite.The effect of the different ionic substitutions on the cell dimensions of natural magnetites is discussed. An attempt is also made to explain the great variations among the published values of cell dimensions of artificial preparations; one main reason being the presence of defect structures with varying oxygen contents in excess of the formula requirements.


2002 ◽  
Vol 404-407 ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean Michel Sprauel ◽  
H. Michaud
Keyword(s):  
X Ray ◽  

Author(s):  
Elena Sokolova ◽  
Maxwell C. Day ◽  
Frank C. Hawthorne ◽  
Atali A. Agakhanov ◽  
Fernando Cámara ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The crystal structure of perraultite from the Oktyabr'skii massif, Donetsk region, Ukraine (bafertisite group, seidozerite supergroup), ideally NaBaMn4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F, Z = 4, was refined in space group C to R1 = 2.08% on the basis of 4839 unique reflections [Fo > 4σFo]; a = 10.741(6), b = 13.841(8), c = 11.079(6) Å, α = 108.174(6), β = 99.186(6), γ = 89.99(1)°, V = 1542.7(2.7) Å3. Refinement was done using data from a crystal with three twin domains which was part of a grain used for electron probe microanalysis. In the perraultite structure [structure type B1(BG), B – basic, BG – bafertisite group], there is one type of TS (Titanium-Silicate) block and one type of I (Intermediate) block; they alternate along c. The TS block consists of HOH sheets (H – heteropolyhedral, O – octahedral). In the O sheet, the ideal composition of the five [6]MO sites is Mn4 apfu. There is no order of Mn and Fe2+ in the O sheet. The MH octahedra and Si2O7 groups constitute the H sheet. The ideal composition of the two [6]MH sites is Ti2 apfu. The TS blocks link via common vertices of MH octahedra. The I block contains AP(1,2) and BP(1,2) cation sites. The AP(1) site is occupied by Ba and the AP(2) site by K > Ba; the ideal composition of the AP(1,2) sites is Ba apfu. The BP(1) and BP(2) sites are each occupied by Na > Ca; the ideal composition of the BP(1,2) sites is Na apfu. We compare perraultite and surkhobite based on the work of Sokolova et al. (2020) on the holotype sample of surkhobite: space group C , R1 = 2.85 %, a = 10.728(6), b = 13.845(8), c = 11.072(6) Å, α = 108.185(6), β = 99.219(5), γ = 90.001(8)°, V = 1540.0(2.5) Å3; new EPMA data. We show that (1) perraultite and surkhobite have identical chemical composition and ideal formula NaBaMn4Ti2(Si2O7)2O2(OH)2F; (2) perraultite and surkhobite are isostructural, with no order of Na and Ca at the BP(1,2) sites. Perraultite was described in 1991 and has precedence over surkhobite, which was redefined as “a Ca-ordered analogue of perraultite” in 2008. Surkhobite is not a valid mineral species and its discreditation was approved by CNMNC IMA (IMA 20-A).


1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
E. M. Kil’dyushov ◽  
I. V. Buromsky ◽  
V. M. Rozinov ◽  
L. E. Kuznetsov

The purpose of this report is the determination of the diagnostic reliability of routine radiologic and CT examinations for pelvic injuries in children. The comparative analysis of these examinations and postmortem morphologic studies of pelvic spesimens was performed in 10 children, aged 2-12 years. It was shown that the X-ray method allowed to diagnose only 47.37% and CT method - 76.32% of all real pelvic injuries (by morphological data) in those children. However, the detectability of damage of the structures that formed the anterior pelvic semi-ring was 50% by radiologic examination, and 60% by CT examination, while for the structures forming posterior pelvic semi-ring it was 44.44% and 94.44%, respectively.


2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-110
Author(s):  
K. Stec ◽  
J. Podwórny ◽  
B. Psiuk ◽  
Ł. Kozakiewicz

Abstract Using the available analytical methods, including the determination of chemical composition using wavelength-dispersive X-ray fluorescent spectroscopy technique and phase composition determined using X-ray diffraction, microstructural observations in a highresolution scanning microscope equipped with an X-ray microanalysis system as well as determination of characteristic softening and sintering temperatures using high-temperature microscope, the properties of particular chromite sands were defined. For the study has been typed reference sand with chemical properties, physical and thermal, treated as standard, and the sands of the regeneration process and the grinding process. Using these kinds of sand in foundries resulted in the occurrence of the phenomenon of the molding mass sintering. Impurities were identified and causes of sintering of a moulding sand based on chromite sand were characterized. Next, research methods enabling a quick evaluation of chromite sand suitability for use in the preparation of moulding sands were selected.


2020 ◽  
pp. 58-63
Author(s):  
M. M. Sidorov ◽  
N. I. Golikov ◽  
R. P. Tihonov

The work evaluates the stress deformed state of the section of the interfield gas collecting main, running in permanently frozen grounds. The object of research is a section of a pipeline with an arched discharge formed as a result of loss of stability as a result of thermal erosion of permanently frozen grounds to disturbance of the vegetation cover. The determination of stresses was carried out by the X-ray method using portable equipment. The experimental data were analyzed with the calculated. The calculated data were obtained by measuring the spatial position of the gas pipeline section. The obtained values of the acting stresses and the estimates of the critical indicators of the gas pipeline monitoring section made it possible to reasonably estimate the stress state. The methodology for determining the acting stresses of pipelines using portable X-ray equipment can be successfully applied to estimate the stressed-deformed state of pipeline systems running in the zone of permafrost.


Author(s):  
Endel Aruja

Antigorite is a lamellar variety of serpentine, and is supposed to be a dimorphous form of chrysotile, which is finely fibrous. Its chemical composition is approximately H4Mg3Si2O9, which is taken as the basis of calculations here.This study was undertaken primarily because it was hoped that knowledge of the structure of antigorite would throw some light on that of chrysotile. Certain similarities between the two structures have been established, namely in the c(7·3kX or 14·6kX), and b(9·2kX) directions. There are two main differences, however. Firstly, imperfections which cause line broadening in the X-ray pattern of chrysotile, are absent in antigorite (apart from certain ‘streaks’). Secondly, the a(43·4kX) axis of antigorite is approximately eight times longer than the corresponding axis in chrysotile. A complete determination of the structure has not been achieved, but the X-ray pattern has been described, and some suggestions made as to the explanation of the peculiarities observed. A further study of the outstanding questions is in progress.


1965 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
pp. 304-313
Author(s):  
J. R. Shappirio

AbstractThe electron probe is shown to be an effective tool for the analysis of the series of ferrimagnetic oxides referred to as the hexagonal ferrites. This series of compounds) containing barium, Fe3+, and a divalent metal cation, is formed by an ordered stacking of basic structural units in varying ratios. The ideal, complex stoichiornewy of these polytype-like mixed-layer structures can be computed from X-ray unit cell data; the various structures and their predicted stoichiometry are reviewed. Results of electron probe analysis of zinc-bearing single-crystal hexagonal ferrites are compared with theoretical values, the various correction procedures applied to the probe data are presented, and the limitations of the method in the analysis of hexagonal ferrites are discussed. The information obtained from this study has laid the groundwork for the determination of chemistry in substituted members of the hexagonal ferrite group, and will contribute significantly to the interpretation of the magnetic properties exhibited by these compounds.


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