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Characterization of the states and diffusivity of intergranular water in a chalcedonic quartz by high-temperature in situ infrared spectroscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

J. Fukuda ,
T. Yokoyama  and
Y. Kirino
J. Fukuda*
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
T. Yokoyama
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
Y. Kirino
Affiliation:
Department of Earth and Space Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-0043, Japan
*
* E-mail:jfukuda@ess.sci.osaka-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

Infrared spectroscopy was performed on a thin section of a chalcedonic quartz at high temperature in order to investigate the states and diffusivity of intergranular water. The sample contained 0.3 wt.% of silanol (Si—OH) and 0.3 wt.% of molecular H2O, located mainly at intergranular regions but also as fluid inclusions. We monitored the diffusion of molecular H2O associated with dehydration by in situ analyses at 350—500°C and determined the bulk-diffusion coefficients as expressed by an Arrhenius relationship: D bulk (m2 sec—1) = 10—4.5 exp(—107±17/RT), where R is the gas coefficient and T the temperature. The activation energy for our sample is similar to those previously reported for diffusion in quartz aggregates with incompletely-connected grain boundaries. This result and our previous measurements of electrical conductivity imply that diffusion of molecular H2O at incompletely- connected intergranular regions is the main mechanism for the dehydration. The diffusion coefficients in chalcedony are larger than those previously reported for rhyolitic glass and other granular aggregates. Intergranular regions, inherent larger pores and cracks created during heating can act as efficient diffusion paths within the chalcedony.

Keywords

infrared spectroscopychalcedonic quartzmolecular Hsub2/subOdehydrationintergranular diffusion.

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Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 73 , Issue 5 , October 2009 , pp. 825 - 835
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2009

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