Equilibrium thermodynamics of Al/Si ordering in anorthite |
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| Authors: | M A Carpenter |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CB2 3EQ, Cambridge, UK
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| Abstract: | Variations in the equilibrium degree of Al/Si order in anorthite have been investigated experimentally over the temperature range 800-1535° C. Spontaneous strain measurements give the temperature dependence of the macroscopic order parameter, Q, defined with respect to the \(C\bar 1 \rightleftharpoons I\bar 1\) phase transition, while high temperature solution calorimetric data allow the relationship between Q and excess enthalpy, H, to be determined. The thermodynamic behaviour can be described by a Landau expansion in one order parameter if the transition is first order in character, with an equilibrium transition temperature, T tr, of ～2595 K and a jump in Q from 0 to ～0.65 at Ttr. The coefficients in this Landau expansion have been allowed to vary with composition, using Q=1 at 0 K for pure anorthite as a reference point for the order parameter. Published data for H and Q at different compositions allow the calibration of the additional parameters such that the free energy due to the \(C\bar 1 \rightleftharpoons I\bar 1\) transition in anorthite-rich plagioclase feldspars may be expressed (in cal. mole-1) as: \(\begin{gathered}G = \tfrac{1}{2} \cdot 9(T - 2283 + 2525X_{Ab} )Q^2 \\ {\text{ + }}\tfrac{1}{4}( - 26642 + 121100X_{Ab} )Q^4 \\ {\text{ + }}\tfrac{1}{6}(47395 - 98663X_{Ab} )Q^6 \\ \end{gathered}\) where X Ab is the mole fraction of albite component. The nature of the transition changes from first order in pure anorthite through tricritical at ～An78 to second order, with increasing albite content. The magnitude of the free energy of \()\) ordering reduces markedly as X Ab increases. At ～700° C incommensurate ordering in crystals with compositions ～An50–An70 needs to have an associated free energy reduction of only a few hundred calories to provide a more stable structure. These results, together with a simple mixing model for the disordered ( \()\) ) solid solution, an assumed tricritical model for the incommensurate ordering and published data for ordering in albite have been used to calculate a set of possible free energy relations for the plagioclase system. The incommensurate structure should appear on the equilibrium phase diagram, but its apparent stability with respect to the assemblage albite plus anorthite at low temperatures depends on the values assigned to the mixing parameters of the $$$$ solid solution. |
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