Gs. Li et al., HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS AND MOSSBAUER-SPECTRA STUDY OF HYDROGARNET SR3FE2(OH)(12), Gaodeng xuexiao huaxue xuebao, 19(8), 1998, pp. 1195-1199
A single phase hydrogarnet Sr3Fe2(OH)(12) was synthesized from mild hy
drothermal systems. For Sr3Fe2(OH)(12), the hydroxyl groups of Sr-OH d
odecahedra were decomposed in the form of four water molecules around
573 K, On heating Sr-Fe hydrogarnet in air or oxygen, an oxidation pro
cess from Fe(III) to Fe(IV) takes place. Valence variation of the fram
ework ions Fe( III) determined the decomposition process and the struc
tural types of the products, Two octahedra of Fe(OH)(6) in Sr-Fe hydro
garnet were first detected by combining Mossbauer spectra and XPS.