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Oxygen-Isotope Fractionation between Aluminum-Hydroxide Phases and Water at <60°C: Results of Decade-Long Synthesis Experiments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Frédéric Vitali ,
Fred J. Longstaffe ,
Michael I. Bird  and
W. Glen E. Caldwell
Frédéric Vitali
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7 Canada
Fred J. Longstaffe
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7 Canada
Michael I. Bird
Affiliation:
Research School of Earth Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T. 0200, Australia
W. Glen E. Caldwell
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario N6A 5B7 Canada
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Abstract

Oxygen-isotope data were obtained for synthetic aluminum-hydroxide phases precipitated over 65–125 mo and have been compared to results from similar experiments conducted for 3–56 mo. The Al(OH)3 polymorphs, gibbsite, nordstrandite, and bayerite, were synthesized, but gibbsite was dominant in most samples, and commonly the only phase present. Using pure gibbsite samples, the following oxygen-isotope fractionation factors, αgibbsite−H2O, were obtained: 1.0167 ± 0.0003 (9 ± 1°C), 1.0147 ± 0.0007 (24 ± 2°C), 1.0120 ± 0.0003 (51 ± 2°C). These values, and the associated equation for an oxygen-isotope geothermometer for the interval 0–60°C 103ln αgibbsite−H2O=2.04×106/T2−3.61×103/T+3.65 (T in K), are not significantly different from those obtained from experiments of much shorter duration. These results, and the good agreement with αgibbsite−H2O values obtained for well-constrained natural systems, suggest that the experimentally determined fractionation factors describe equilibrium conditions for gibbsite that has precipitated directly from solution.

As also proposed by others using a modified-increment calculation, our synthesis experiments suggest that αAl(OH)3−H2O is polymorph-dependent at low temperatures and that a significant temperature-dependent trend exists in the values of αAl(OH)3−H2O. However, previously calculated fractionation factors obtained using the modified-increment method are higher than those obtained from the experiments, with this discrepancy becoming larger as temperature decreases.

Keywords

Aluminum HydroxidesFractionation FactorGibbsiteOxygen IsotopeSynthesis
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 48 , Issue 2 , April 2000 , pp. 230 - 237
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Copyright © 2000, The Clay Minerals Society

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