Fluorwavellite: A Physicochemical Study and Thermodynamic Characteristics
摘要
A comprehensive physicochemical study of fluorwavellite Al3(PO4)2.1(OH)1.9F0.8⋅5.5H2O (from the Ulytau region, Kazakhstan) was carried out using powder X-ray diffraction, electron probe microanalysis, FTIR, Raman and EPR spectroscopy, and thermogravimetry. The enthalpy of formation of the studied fluorwavellite from elements was determined for the first time using high-temperature melt solution calorimetry in a Calvet microcalorimeter (–6606 ± 12 kJ/mol). The value of its standard entropy was estimated and the Gibbs energy of formation was calculated (483.4 J/(mol K) and –5941 ± 12 kJ/mol, respectively). The thermodynamic constants of the end members of the isomorphic series wavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)3⋅5H2O–fluorwavellite Al3(PO4)2(OH)2F⋅5H2O were estimated: