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Polymorphism and thermochemistry of MgAlPO₄O, a product of lazulite breakdown at high temperature

¹ Institut für Geowissenschaften, Universität Münster, Correnstr. 24, 48149 Münster, Germany
² Laboratoire de Géologie, CNRS-UMR 8538, Ecole normale supérieure, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
³ Institut für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck, Innrain 52, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria
⁴ Abt. Mineralogie und Materialwissenschaften, Paris-Lodron-Universität Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstr. 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria

^* Corresponding author, e-mail: psb{at}uni-muenster.de

The phase MgAlPO₄O is a thermal decomposition product of the metamorphic phosphate mineral lazulite, MgAl₂(PO₄) (OH) ; its polymorphism and thermochemistry were investigated. The room-temperature ß''-polymorph of MgAlPO₄O was found to undergo an isosymmetric and reversible phase transition towards a non-quenchable '-polymorph at 758 K (485 °C). The two structures are found to be closely related to each other. They are characterised by the presence of sheets of five-fold coordinated Mg and layers containing zweier single chains of Al-tetrahedra as well as additional PO₄ groups providing a connection between the chains. Due to the specific linkage of the chains and the phosphate groups, a single tetrahedral layer consists of both twofold and fourfold connected tetrahedra in the ratio Q⁴:Q² = 1:1. The ß''- ' transition is accompanied by a transformation enthalpy of H_{ß''– '} = 0.65 kJ/mol (DSC measurement), a volume reduction of –2.3 % and it is characterised by switching of bonds between Mg²⁺ and the coordinating O1 ions. The corresponding negative Clapeyron slope of the transition implies that the ß''-polymorph is stable in a restricted low-P (< 0.5 GPa) and low-T (< 758 K) field as confirmed by in situ X-ray diffraction experiments (MAX80, Hasylab). A third-law entropy value (S₂₉₈⁰) of 110.7(1) J/mol.K was obtained for ß''-MgAlPO₄O by heat-pulse calorimetry using the Physical Properties Measurement System (PPMS) produced by Quantum Design^®. The reaction 3 MgAlPO₄O farringtonite + berlinite + corundum was bracketed up to 1373 K and 1 GPa in an internally heated pressure vessel. The combination of the experimental brackets with the PPMS entropy value allows us to derive a standard enthalpy of formation (H⁰ _f,298) of –2394(5) kJ/mol for ß''-MgAlPO₄O.

Key-words: isosymmetric phase transition, Mg-Al-phosphates, phase equilibria, DSC, PPMS, thermodynamic data, crystal structure, MgAlPO₅.