The crystal structure of bikitaite, Li-2[Al2Si4O12]. 2H(2)O, from North Carolina (USA) is triclinic, space group P1, with a=8.6146(6) Angstrom, b=4.9570(5) Angstrom, c=7.6032(6) Angstrom, alpha=89.899(8)degrees, beta=114.394(5)degrees, gamma=89.934(7)degrees. The structure was refined using 8225 reflections, in the angular range 5<2 theta<84 degrees, and yielded an R-W=3.02%. The average T-O distances and the 'average long-range order coefficient' S calculated for the framework tetrahedral sites indicates an almost complete (Si,Al) ordering, similar to that found for bikitaite from Bikita (Zimbabwe) [G. Bissert, F.N. Liebau, Jb. Miner. Mh. H 6 (1986) 241] and in contrast to the partially or completely disordered structures refined in the space groups P1 and P2(1) on samples from the same locality [K. Stahl, Angstrom. Kvick, S. Ghose, Zeolites 9 (1989) 303; V. Kocman, R. Gait, J. Rucklidge, Am. Mineral. 59 (1974) 71]. In parallel, a series of ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations was performed on systems with the stoichiometry and the cell parameters of bikitaite from North Carolina, but with various (Si, Al) distributions. The micro-IR spectrum of bikitaite is also reported and compared with the simulated vibrational bands. Both experimental and simulation results are consistent with the literature data and confirm the presence of a stable one-dimensional chain of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. The presence and the stability of this 'one-dimensional ice' is independent of the (Si, Al) distribution in the framework. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

One-dimensional ice in bikitaite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infra-red spectroscopy and ab-initio molecular dynamics studies / S., Quartieri; A., Sani; Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna; Galli, Ermanno; E., Fois; A., Gamba; G., Tabacchi. - In: MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS. - ISSN 1387-1811. - STAMPA. - 30:(1999), pp. 77-87.

One-dimensional ice in bikitaite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infra-red spectroscopy and ab-initio molecular dynamics studies

VEZZALINI, Maria Giovanna;GALLI, Ermanno;
1999

Abstract

The crystal structure of bikitaite, Li-2[Al2Si4O12]. 2H(2)O, from North Carolina (USA) is triclinic, space group P1, with a=8.6146(6) Angstrom, b=4.9570(5) Angstrom, c=7.6032(6) Angstrom, alpha=89.899(8)degrees, beta=114.394(5)degrees, gamma=89.934(7)degrees. The structure was refined using 8225 reflections, in the angular range 5<2 theta<84 degrees, and yielded an R-W=3.02%. The average T-O distances and the 'average long-range order coefficient' S calculated for the framework tetrahedral sites indicates an almost complete (Si,Al) ordering, similar to that found for bikitaite from Bikita (Zimbabwe) [G. Bissert, F.N. Liebau, Jb. Miner. Mh. H 6 (1986) 241] and in contrast to the partially or completely disordered structures refined in the space groups P1 and P2(1) on samples from the same locality [K. Stahl, Angstrom. Kvick, S. Ghose, Zeolites 9 (1989) 303; V. Kocman, R. Gait, J. Rucklidge, Am. Mineral. 59 (1974) 71]. In parallel, a series of ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations was performed on systems with the stoichiometry and the cell parameters of bikitaite from North Carolina, but with various (Si, Al) distributions. The micro-IR spectrum of bikitaite is also reported and compared with the simulated vibrational bands. Both experimental and simulation results are consistent with the literature data and confirm the presence of a stable one-dimensional chain of hydrogen-bonded water molecules. The presence and the stability of this 'one-dimensional ice' is independent of the (Si, Al) distribution in the framework. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
1999
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77
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One-dimensional ice in bikitaite: single-crystal X-ray diffraction, infra-red spectroscopy and ab-initio molecular dynamics studies / S., Quartieri; A., Sani; Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna; Galli, Ermanno; E., Fois; A., Gamba; G., Tabacchi. - In: MICROPOROUS AND MESOPOROUS MATERIALS. - ISSN 1387-1811. - STAMPA. - 30:(1999), pp. 77-87.
S., Quartieri; A., Sani; Vezzalini, Maria Giovanna; Galli, Ermanno; E., Fois; A., Gamba; G., Tabacchi
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