Structural deformations and phase transformations of Rb-boroleucite RbBSi2O6 obtained by crystallization from glass at 1000 °C are studied by high-temperature X-ray powder diffraction and differential scanning calorimetry in the range 25–1200 °C. At 345 °C the compound undergoes a reversible cubic-cubic polymorphic transition with increasing symmetry I4 ¯ 3 d↔ Ia3 ¯ d. The crystal structure of RbBSi2O6 is refined by the Rietveld method at temperatures of 25 °C, 100 °C, 200 °C, 300 °C, 310 °C, 320 °C, 330 °C, 340 °C, 350 °C, 360 °C, 380 °C, 400 °C, 500 °C, 600 °C, 700 °C, 800 °C, and 900 °C, according to the powder X-ray diffraction data.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1995-2000
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Structural Chemistry
Volume59
Issue number8
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2018

    Research areas

  • borosilicates, leucite, polymorphism, powder X-ray diffraction, thermal behavior

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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