SYNTHESIS OF SODIUM WEEKSITE AND ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO WEEKSITE

Authors
VOCHTEN R BLATON N PEETERS O
Citation
R. Vochten et al., SYNTHESIS OF SODIUM WEEKSITE AND ITS TRANSFORMATION INTO WEEKSITE, Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Monatshefte, (12), 1997, pp. 569-576
Citations number
14
Journal title
Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie Monatshefte → ACNP
ISSN journal
00283649
Issue
12
Year of publication
1997
Pages
569 - 576
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3649(1997):12<569:SOSWAI>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Sodium weeksite has been synthesized at 185 degrees C (1.3 MPa) from q uartz, NaCl and uranylnitrate by a new method avoiding local supersatu ration of silicate species in solution. Synthetic weeksite was synthes ized from sodium weeksite by ion exchange. The unit cell parameters ar e determined for both synthetic weeksites and are very close to each o ther. The infrared spectra indicate the presence of ordered and disord ered water molecules.