Depleted brittle mica structure determination in Ba-phlogopite glass-ceramics

摘要

This study concerns the bulk mica phase of a barium phlogopite glass-ceramic, with potential applications in Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing in dentistry, which has been studied in detail and characterized for the first time. A number of analytical techniques including powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive spectroscopy, electron micro-probe analysis (EMPA), single crystal XRD and Monte-Carlo methods have been used to determine the mica phase composition and crystallographic structure. This has led to the identification of a new species of trioctahedral interlayer deficient brittle mica with an ideal formula of Ba _2/ _3Mg _3(Si _8/ _3Al _4/ _3)O _(10_F _2. Monte-Carlo simulations of Si/Al cation ordering indicate that the (Si _8/ _3Al _4/ _3) tetrahedral composition is unique and energetically favoured over that of the original assumed mica phase of Ba0. _5Mg _3(Si _3AlO _(10))F _2. The general ica composition X _(0.5)Mg _3(Si _3Al)O _(10)F _2 where X is a divalent interlayer cation; therefore, does not precipitate in brittle mica glass-ceramics.