Volume 48, Number 5, 750-754, DOI: 10.1134/1.1612595

New data on vlasovite: Refinement of the crystal structure and the radiation damage of the crystal during the x-ray diffraction experiment

E. R. Gobechiya, I. V. Pekov, D. Yu. Pushcharovskii, G. Ferraris, A. Gula, N. V. Zubkova and N. V. Chukanov

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Abstract

The crystal structure of vlasovite obtained from the Kipawa alkaline complex in Quebec is refined to R F = 0.053 for 1515 unique reflections with |F| > 4σ(F). The parameters of the monoclinic unit are as follows: a = 11.063(8) Å, b = 10.15(1) Å, c = 8.60(1) Å, β = 100.3(1)°, space group C2/c, and Z = 4. The X-ray diffraction, electron microprobe, and IR spectroscopic data indicate that, under X-ray radiation, the specimen suffers radiation damage, which is accompanied by a partial removal of Na atoms, incorporation of H2O molecules into the structure, and, possibly, a change in the configuration of the (Si,O) framework.
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Translated from Kristallografiya, Vol. 48, No. 5, 2003, pp. 808–812.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2003 by Gobechiya, Pekov, Pushcharovski $\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{ , Ferraris, Gula, Zubkova, Chukanov.

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