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American Mineralogist; January 2004; v. 89; no. 1; p. 176-184
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Investigation of Al/Si ordering in tetrahedral phyllosilicate sheets by Monte Carlo simulation

Erika J. Palin* and Martin T. Dove

Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.

Correspondence: * E-mail: ejp24{at}cam.ac.uk

We have investigated by Monte Carlo simulation the Al/Si ordering behavior of the tetrahedral phyllosilicate sheet, with a variety of compositions from Al1Si1 to Al1Si7, using atomic interaction parameters determined for the tetrahedral sheet in muscovite. Three different ordering schemes operate, depending on composition, with relatively Al-poor systems ordering in a muscovite-like (Al:Si = 1:3) pattern and relatively Al-rich compositions ordering in an "ABABAB" or margarite-like (Al:Si = 1:1) pattern, where ABABAB indicates the arrangement of atoms around a hexagonal ring of tetrahedral cation sites. The pattern corresponding to Al:Si = 1:2 occurs in intermediate compositions, but always in conjunction with another ordering pattern, except for one composition close to Al:Si = 1:2. Simulations of the same composition but with different ordering schemes can show different behavior, and this is evidence for metastability fields. The transition temperature for order-disorder Tc is strongly dependent on composition, and the dilution effect can be observed at low Al concentrations, with a critical concentration xc between 0.12 and 0.15.




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