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Far-Infrared Study of Potassium in Micas

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 April 2024

R. Prost  and
V. Laperche
R. Prost
Affiliation:
Station de Science du Sol, Institut National de la Recherche, Agronomique, Route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cédex, France
V. Laperche
Affiliation:
Station de Science du Sol, Institut National de la Recherche, Agronomique, Route de Saint-Cyr, 78026 Versailles Cédex, France
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Abstract

The characterization of cations associated with clay materials has generally been approached by the sequential use of specific chemical reagents. To avoid the disturbing effect of the chemical reagents on the state and location of compensating cations of clays and to get information in situ, far-infrared spectroscopy was used. The far-infrared vibrational spectra of the potassium cation in muscovite, phlogopite, and biotite were recorded before and after heating at the dehydroxylation temperature. The vibrational frequency of K in micas before dehydroxylation was found to be a function of the di- or trioctahedral character and of the Fe content. After dehydroxylation or deprotonation, shifts of the K absorption band to lower frequencies were observed for the heated muscovite, in which K exchangeability increased, and to higher frequencies for the heated biotite, in which K exchangeability decreased. These results suggest that the vibrational frequency of potassium is characteristic of the state of K in these minerals and of its ability to be exchanged.

Keywords

BiotiteDehydroxylationFar-infrared spectroscopyMuscovitePhlogopitePotassium
Type
Research Article
Information
Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 38 , Issue 4 , August 1990 , pp. 351 - 355
Copyright
Copyright © 1990, The Clay Minerals Society

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