Raman Study of Synthetic Witherite–Strontianite Solid Solutions

Characterization of zoned crystals of a synthetic witherite–strontianite solid solution (BaxSr1-xCO3) was carried out using electron microprobe analysis and Raman spectroscopy. The sample was obtained by coprecipitation using the silica gel method. As each carbonate crystal from this preparation sho...

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Autores: Sánchez Pastor, Nuria, Gigler, Alexander M., Jordan, Guntram, Schmahl, Wolfgang W., Fernández Díaz, María Lourdes
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repositorio:Docta Complutense
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/43361
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/43361
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:549.74
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Carbonates
Raman spectroscopy
Replacement
Solid solution
Witherite–strontianite
Mineralogía (Geología)
2506.11 Mineralogía
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Sumario:Characterization of zoned crystals of a synthetic witherite–strontianite solid solution (BaxSr1-xCO3) was carried out using electron microprobe analysis and Raman spectroscopy. The sample was obtained by coprecipitation using the silica gel method. As each carbonate crystal from this preparation showed the whole range of intermediate compositions BaxSr1-xCO3, 0.1≤x≤0.9, the solid solution could be studied for single crystals. Peak-shape analysis of the Raman bands showed that the peak shifts depend on the replacement of the Ba and Sr cations introducing different radii and masses. We observed a shift to higher wave numbers for an increase of the SrCO3 content.