Fortes, AD;
Wood, IG;
Vocadlo, L;
Brand, HEA;
Knight, KS;
(2007)
Crystal structures and thermal expansion of alpha-MgSO4 and beta-MgSO4 from 4.2 to 300 K by neutron powder diffraction.
Journal of Applied Crystallography
, 40
(4)
761 - 770.
10.1107/S0021889807029937.
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Abstract
Detailed neutron powder diffraction measurements have been carried out on two polymorphs of anhydrous magnesium sulfate, alpha-MgSO4 and beta-MgSO4. alpha-MgSO4 is orthorhombic, space group Cmcm (Z = 4); at 4.2 K the unit-cell dimensions are a = 5.16863 (3), b = 7.86781 (5), c = 6.46674 (5) angstrom, V = 262.975 (2) angstrom(3) [rho(calc) = 3040.16 (2) kg m(-3)], and at 300 K, a = 5.17471 (3), b = 7.87563 (5), c = 6.49517 (5) angstrom, V = 264.705 (2) angstrom(3) [rho(calc) = 3020.29 (2) kg m(-3)]. The axial and volumetric thermal expansion coefficients are positive at all temperatures and exhibit no unusual behaviour. Structures were refined at 4.2 and 300 K to R-P < 3%; less precise structural parameters were determined during warming from 4.2 to 300 K. beta-MgSO4 has a more complex structure, crystallizing in space group Pbnm (Z = 4); the unit-cell dimensions at 4.2 K are a = 4.73431 (8), b = 8.58170 (12), c = 6.67266 (11) angstrom, V = 271.100 (5) angstrom(3) [rho(calc) = 2949.04 (5) kg m(-3)], and at 300 K, a = 4.74598 (7), b = 8.58310 (10), c = 6.70933 (10) angstrom, V = 273.306 (4) angstrom(3) [rho(calc) = 2925.42 (4) kg m(-3)]. The thermal expansivities of the a and c axes, and the volumetric thermal expansion coefficient, are positive at all temperatures and normally behaved. However, the thermal expansion of the b axis is both very small and negative below similar to 125 K. Structural and thermal motion parameters for beta-MgSO4 as a function of temperature are also reported.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Crystal structures and thermal expansion of alpha-MgSO4 and beta-MgSO4 from 4.2 to 300 K by neutron powder diffraction |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1107/S0021889807029937 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S0021889807029937 |
| Language: | English |
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| Keywords: | MAGNESIUM, TEMPERATURES, SULFATE, VOLCANISM, TENSOR |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Earth Sciences |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/100085 |
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