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Powder neutron diffraction studies of a carbonate fluorapatite

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Th. Leventouri
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
B. C. Chakoumakos
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6393
H. Y. Moghaddam
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
V. Perdikatsis
Affiliation:
Institute of Geology and Mineral Exploration, Messogion 70, 11527 Athens, Greece
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Abstract

Atomic positional disorder of a single-phase natural carbonate fluorapatite (francolite) is revealed from analysis of the atomic displacement parameters (ADPs) refined from neutron powder diffraction data as a function of temperature and carbonate content. The ADPs of the francolite show a strong disturbance at the P, O3, and F sites. When it is heat treated to partially or completely remove the carbonate, the ADPs as well as the other structural parameters resemble those of a fluorapatite (Harding pegmatite) that was measured under the same conditions. The various structural changes are consistent with a substitution mechanism whereby the planar carbonate group replaces a phosphate group and lies on the mirror plane of the apatite structure.

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