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Electron spin resonance studies of doped synthetic kaolinite. I

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 July 2018

B. R. Angel
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon
J. P. E. Jones
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon
Peter L. Hall
Affiliation:
School of Mathematical Sciences, Plymouth Polytechnic, Plymouth PL4 8AA, Devon

Abstract

Synthetic kaolinites of varying crystallinity, and in some instances with ideal morphology, have been produced by hydrothermal reaction of aluminiosilicate gels. Synthetic kaolinites doped with Mg2+ and Fe3+ were also obtained.

Synthetic kaolinite doped with Fe3+ produced an ESR spectrum at g = 4 identical to spectra observed in natural kaolinites. Following X-irradiation and annealing at ~200°C, synthetic kaolinite doped with Mg2+ exhibited an ESR signal at g = 2·0 identical to a resonance observed in natural kaolinites. It is concluded that the g = 2·0 signal in kaolinite is due to a defect centre stabilized by Mg2+ substitution.

All synthetic and natural kaolinites exhibit an additional resonance at g = 2·0 following X-irradiation which can be repeatedly created and destroyed by irradiation and annealing. This resonance is attributed to defects possibly associated either with the substitution of Al3+ for Si4+ in kaolinite or with lattice vacancies.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1974

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