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- Title
Revisiting the nontronite Mössbauer spectra.
- Authors
BARON, FABIEN; PETIT, SABINE; PENTRÁK, MARTIN; DECARREAU, ALAIN; STUCKI, JOSEPH W.
- Abstract
The distribution of ferric iron (Fe3+) between the octahedral and tetrahedral sheets of smectites is still an active problem due to the difficulty of identifying and quantifying the tetrahedral ferric iron ([4]Fe3+). Mössbauer spectroscopy has often been used to address this problem, with the spectra being fitted by a sum of doublets, but the empirical attribution of each doublet has failed to yield a uniform interpretation of the spectra of natural reference Fe3+-rich smectites, especially with regard to [4]Fe3+, because little consensus exists as to the [4]Fe3+ content of natural samples. In an effort to resolve this problem, the current study was undertaken using a series of synthetic nontronites [Si4-x[4]Fe3+X] [6]Fe3+2O10(OH)2Nax with x ranging from 0.51 to 1.3. Mössbauer spectra were obtained at 298, 77, and 4 K. Statistically acceptable deconvolutions of the Mössbauer spectra at 298 and 77 K were used to develop a model of the distribution of tetrahedral substitutions, taking into account: (1) the [4]Fe3+ content; (2) the three possible tetrahedral cationic environments around [6]Fe3+, i.e., [4Si]-(3[6]Fe3+), [3Si [4]Fe3+]-(3[6]Fe3+), and [2Si 2[4]Fe3+]-(3[6]Fe3+); and (3) the local environment around a [4]Fe3+, i.e., [3Si]-(2[6]Fe3+) respecting Lowenstein's Rule. This approach allowed the range of Mössbauer parameters for [6]Fe3+ and [4]Fe3+ to be determined and then applied to spectra of natural Fe3+-rich smectites. Results revealed the necessity of taking into account the distribution of tetrahedral cations ([4]R3+) around [6]Fe3+ cations to deconvolute the Mössbauer spectra, and also highlighted the influence of sample crystallinity on Mössbauer parameters.
- Subjects
CLAY minerals; MOSSBAUER spectroscopy; NONTRONITE
- Publication
American Mineralogist, 2017, Vol 102, Issue 7, p1501
- ISSN
0003-004X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2138/am-2017-1501x