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Thermal decomposition of Li8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

D. Taylor*
Affiliation:
Fairey Tecramics Limited, Filleybrooks, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 OPU

Abstract

Li8(Al6Si6O24)Cl2, a synthetic member of the sodalite family (Henderson and Taylor, 1977), was prepared by heating natural sodalite, Na8(Al- 6Si6O24)Cl2 (from Låven, Norway), in molten LiC1 at 800 °C for 2h, washing uncombined LiC1 from the product and drying at 110 °C Chemical analyses of the natural sodalite and the Li-sodalite are given in Table 1. The cell edge of the Lisodalite was 8.4476(9) Å (Si as internal standard: a = 5.43065/Å at 25 °C in good agreement with literature values (Henderson and Taylor, 1977).

Type
Short Communications
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1989

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