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The High-Temperature Transformation of Andalusite (A12SiO5) into 3/2-Mullite (3Al2O32SiO2) and vitreous silica (SiO2)

Wolfgang Pannhorst
- 01 Jun 1978 - 
- Vol. 42, Iss: 322, pp 195-198
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In this paper, the high-temperature transformation of andalusite (Al2SiO5) into 3/2-mullite (3A2O32SiO2) plus vitreous silica (SiO 2) has been studied by means of X-ray powder and single-crystal techniques and by infrared spectroscopy.
Abstract
The high-temperature transformation of andalusite (Al2SiO5) into 3/2-mullite (3A2O32SiO2) plus vitreous silica (SiO2) has been studied within the temperature interval from 1300 to 1600 °C by means of X-ray powder and single-crystal techniques and by infrared spectroscopy. Results are interpreted in terms of a topotactic transformation in which (011) and (01) planes of andalusite transform into (20) and (201) planes of 3/2-mullite; in this way the a- and b-axes of the two phases are interchanged. From the structural and orientational relationship between the andalusite and 3/2-mullite latrices it is concluded that the aluminium-oxygen octahedral chains, running in both structures parallel to the crystallographic c-axis, are preserved during phase transformation.

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