Thermal expansion of plagioclase feldspars

The volume thermal expansion coefficient and the anisotropy of thermal expansion were determined for nine natural feldspars with compositions, in terms of albite (NaAlSi₃O₈, Ab) and anorthite (CaAl₂Si₂O₈, An), of Ab₁₀₀, An₂₇Ab₇₃, An₃₅Ab₆₅, An₄₆Ab₅₄, An₆₀Ab₄₀, An₇₈Ab₂₂, An₈₉Ab₁₁, An₉₆Ab₄ and An₁₀₀ by high resolution powder diffraction with a synchrotron radiation source. Unit-cell parameters were determined from 124 powder patterns of each sample, collected over the temperature range 298–935 K. The volume thermal expansion coefficient of the samples determined by a linear fit of V/V ₀ = α(T − T ₀) varies with composition (X _An in mol %) as:

aV = 2.90( 4 ) ×10 - 5 - 3.0( 2 ) ×10 - 7 *X\textAn + 1.8( 2 ) ×10 - 9 *X\textAn2 \alpha_{V} = 2.90\left( 4 \right) \times 10^{ - 5} - 3.0\left( 2 \right) \times 10^{ - 7} *X_{\text{An}} + 1.8\left( 2 \right) \times 10^{ - 9} *X_{\text{An}}^{2}
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