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Thermal behaviour of libethenite from room temperature up to dehydration

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

M. Zema ,
S. C. Tarantino  and
A. M. Callegari
M. Zema*
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy CNR-IGG, Sezione di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
S. C. Tarantino
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy CNR-IGG, Sezione di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
A. M. Callegari
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, Università degli Studi di Pavia, via Ferrata 1, I-27100 Pavia, Italy
*
*E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

The structural modifications with temperature of libethenite, Cu2(PO4)(OH), were determined by single-crystal X-ray diffraction up to dehydration and consequent decomposition of the crystal under investigation. In the temperature range 25–475°C, libethenite shows positive and linear expansion. The axial thermal expansion coefficients, determined over this temperature range, are: αa = 6.6(1)·10–6 K–1, αb = 1.21(2)·10–5 K–1, αc = 9.0(2)·10–6 K–1, αv = 2.78(3)·10–5 K–1. Axial expansion is then anisotropic with αa:αb:αc = 1:1.83:1.33.

Structure refinements of X-ray diffraction data collected at different temperatures allowed us to characterize the mechanisms by which the libethenite structure accommodates variations in temperature. Increasing temperature induces expansion of both Cu polyhedra and no significant variation of the PO4 tetrahedron, which acts as a rigid unit. Cu(1) octahedra expand mostly as a consequence of the increase of the axial bonds, and become more distorted. Starting from T = 500°C, precursor signs of incoming dehydration are visible: two adjacent OH groups approach each other and cause dramatic changes in the whole structure. Concomitantly, the libethenite crystal begins to deteriorate and, at T = 600°C, broad and weak diffraction effects of polycrystalline material are observed.

Keywords

libethenitethermal expansionsingle-crystal X-ray diffraction
Type
Research Article
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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 74 , Issue 3 , June 2010 , pp. 553 - 565
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2010

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