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Structure of Feroxyhite as Determined by Simulation of X-Ray Diffraction Curves

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

V. A. Drits ,
B. A. Sakharov  and
A. Manceau
V. A. Drits
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, 7 Pyzhevsky prospekt, 109017 Moscow, Russia and
B. A. Sakharov
Affiliation:
Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Science, 7 Pyzhevsky prospekt, 109017 Moscow, Russia and
A. Manceau
Affiliation:
LG1T-IRIGM, Université Joseph Fourier and CNRS, BP53X, 38041 Grenoble, France
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Abstract

Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) curves were calculated for the different structural models so far proposed for feroxyhite (δFeOOH). The influence on XRD features of different structural parameters, including site occupancy of Fe atoms, atomic coordinates, content and distribution of stacking faults, and dimension of coherent scattering domains, were considered. On the basis of agreement between experimental and simulated curves it is shown that δFeOOH is a mixture of feroxyhite proper and ultradispersed hematite in the 9 : 1 volume ratio. Feroxyhite proper consists of hexagonal close packing of anions containing 5% stacking faults. Iron atoms occupy only octahedral sites and are distributed in such a way that face-sharing filled octahedral pairs regularly alternate with vacant octahedral pairs along the c axis. This distribution of Fe atoms is quite similar to that established by Patrat et al. (1983), but in each pair, Fe atoms are displaced by the same value of 0.3 Å in opposite directions away from the centre of their octahedron. Nearest Fe-Fe distances calculated for the model proposed (2.88, 3.01, 3-39 and 3-73 Å) practically coincide with those found by EXAFS spectroscopy for the same sample (2-91, 3.04, 3.41 and 3.7-3.8 Å).

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Research Article
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Clay Minerals , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , June 1993 , pp. 209 - 222
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1993

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