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T R A N S F O R M A T I O N OF SERICITE INTO A N
INTERSTRATIFIED MINERAL
KATSUTOSHI TOMITA
Institute of Earth Sciences, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
and
TOSHIO SUDO
Geological and Mineralogical Institute, Faculty of Science, Tokyo University of Education, Tokyo,
Japan
(Received 14 December 1970)
Abstract- Sericite was K-depleted with molten LiNO3. The sample was changed into an interstratified
structure in the presence of a small amount of LiN,Oa after prolonged treatment, and in the presence
of a considerable amount of LiNO3 a similar structure was formed after about 3 hr of reaction.
In the case of the presence of the proper amount of NaCI, a mixed-layer structure was easily obtained
by treatment for a long period of time with a considerable amount of molten LiNO3.
The interstratified mineral had a basal spacing of 22 A-23.3 ,~ which was expanded to 25 fit27.6 A by treatment with ethylene glycol.
INTRODUCTION
succeeded in forming an interstratified mineral
INTERSTRATIFIED minerals have been reported by from sericite using molten LiNO3. A s shown in
many investigators, but only a few experiments the previous study by the writers (Tomita and
concerning synthesis of interstratified minerals Sudo, 1968a, 1968b), an interstratified structure
was formed from sericite at room pressure.
have been reported.
Mica weathering in soils has been attributed to
EXPERIMENTAL
a loss of K and a gain in water. Loss of K changed
micas into expanded layer silicates (Jackson and Starting material and methods
Sherman, 1953). Various chemical methods of
Sericite from G o t o mine, Nagasaki Prefecture,
extracting interlayer K from mica in the laboratory Japan, was used as a starting material. Fractions
under the condition of room pressure have been less than 2# were collected by the sedimentation
carried out with aqueous salt solutions (Barshad, method. The untreated < 2/~ material was dried
1948, 1954; Mortland, 1958; Ransell-Colom in air, and was used for experiments. The untreated
et al., 1965) and laboratory weathering of the sericite sample was investigated, and it was conmicaceous mineral to mixtures of vermiculite and firmed that the sericite is assigned to the 2 M1
regularly and randomly interstratified m i c a - type in polytype notation and does not contain any
vermiculite was reported by Rich and Cook (1963). interstratified minerals. The X-ray powder data
A large part of the interlayer K in muscovite has of the untreated sample are listed in Table 1.
been extracted by treating the mineral with molten
Reactions of sericite with lithium nitrate and
LiNOa at 300~ (White, 1956, 1958). The applica- sodium chloride were carried out at 300~ The
tion of N a T P B to the extraction of interlayer K reactions with molten LiNO3 were carried out in
from micaceous minerals was initiated by Hanway porcelain crucible in an electric furnace. After
(1956), D e Mumbrum (1959, 1963), Scott, the reaction the sample was washed with distilled
Hunziker and Hanway (1960), Scott and Reed water by filtering and excess salt was removed.
(1962a, 1962b) and K depletion of micas has The reacted sample was dried in air, and its
produced more interstratification when the par- properties were investigated by X-ray analysis,
ticles are smaller (Scott, 1968), but formation of chemical analysis, infrared absorption analysis,
regularly interstratified minerals in the process thermal analysis and electron microscopic observaof the extraction of K from micaceous minerals tion. Total lithium and potassium of the reacted
have not been reported. The present writers sample were determined using flame photometer.
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264
hkl
d(A)
hkl
002
004
110
lit
111
022
112
113
023
114
024
006
114
115
025
115
116
131
200
10.0
5.01
4.47
84
37
12
4.29
4.11
3.95
3.90
3.74
3'49
3.34
3
4
2
6
9
9
100
3-20
3.12
2.99
2.868
2-797
2-585
11
1
001
002
003
004
005
006
007
0011
d(A)
d(,~)
d(fk)
22
11
10.3?
4
69
35
26
14.8"
10.1
8.93
80
100
34
13
10"0
5"0
100
37
5.37
5.04
4.42
14
20
5
3"74
3"34
2
73
5.54
5.04?
4.50
3.70
3.34
3"08
2"57
24
37
2
1
95
100
2
2.508
2.006
3'33
2.50
47
3
2-003
23
16
11
8
9
TRANSFORMATION OF SERICITE
Seri
le G
I309
1383
1386
1387
1368
~)~
le
265
io
2o
30
40 ~
io
2o
30"
266
1378
1368
1369
1374
1372
ze
io
20
30
40"
io
I
20
1
30 ~
Fig. 2. X-ray diffraction patterns of specimens formed from various compositions after 75 hr reaction.
1378, sericite(0.2 g) + LiNOa(2 g) + NaCI(0.005 g); 1368, sericite(0.2 g) + LiNOa(2 g) + NaCI(0.01 g); 1369,
sericite(0-2 g) + LiNOa(2 g) + NaCI(0-02 g); 1 3 7 4 , sericite(0.2 g) + LiNO3(2 g) + NaCI(0.025 g); 1372,
sericite(0.2 g) + LiNO3(2 g) + NaCI(0.04 g).
stretching vibration and the band at 920 cm -1 is
assigned to the O - H - A I 3 vibration (Stubi~an
and Roy, 1961a, 1961b). The altered specimen
showed absorption bands at about 3640 c m - ' and
1640 cm -~. The 1640 cm -1 band is due to vibration
of adsorbed water. In addition to these bands, a
broad absorption band at 3400 cm -1 is observed.
This is due to the adsorbed water in interlayers and
is considered to be the same kind as that observed
in absorption spectra of montmorillonite and
hydrated halloysite. Hydration in interlayers in
the untreated sericite occurred after it was treated
with LiNO3 and NaCI. This fact agrees with the
TRANSFORMATION OF SERICITE
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Seri
1368
1291
I
200
I
400
I
600
I
800
I
I 0 0 0 *C
Fig. 3. Differential thermal analysis curves of the untreated sericite and the altered sericites, seri, untreated
sericite; 1368, specimen formed from a mixture (sericite(0"2 g) + LiNOa(2 g) + NaCI(0.01 g)) after 75 hr
reaction; 129 I, specimen formed from a mixture of 0.2 g of sericite and 2 g of LiNO3 after 3 hr reaction.
(b)
SiOz
TiO2
AlzO3
Fe~Oz~
FeOJ
MnO
MgO
CaO
K~O
Na,20
LifO
H20(+)
H~O(--)
46-07%
0.61
32-75
47-24%
0-38
35.04
0.39
tr.
0.31
0.30
6-10
2-00
2-70
5.39
3.17
0.59
tr.
0.21
0-16
8.75
1-37
tr.
5.52
0.32
Total
99.79%
99.58%
Analyst: K. Tomita.
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35
30
25
20
18
16
WAVENUMBER
14
12
cm-t
10
glO0
Fig, 4. I.R. absorption spectra of the untreated sericite and the altered sericite, 1-untreated sericite; 2 altered sericite.
DISCUSSION
In treatment of sericite (0,2 g) with LiNO3 (2 g)
and NaCI, the amount of NaCI needs to be
adjusted between 0.01 g and 0.04 g in order to form
a regular type of mixed-layer structure. In the
presence of 0.01g of NaCI, an interstratified
structure was formed in the reaction period ranging
from 2 to 7 5 h r , but after 291 hr reaction, the
powder pattern of the reaction product showed
a broad peak at about~ 11 A, which Wasodivided
into two peaks, 2 7 . 6 A and broad 1 4 A , upon
treatment with ethylene glycol,
Sericite was changed into a montmoriUonite
8
6
83
TRANSFORMATION OF SERICITE
(1956). I n t h e p r e s e n c e o f a small a m o u n t o f L i N O 3
( a b o u t 0"4g), a n interstratified s t r u c t u r e w a s
f o r m e d r e g a r d l e s s o f the period o f r e a c t i o n . O n t h e
o t h e r h a n d , as long as t h e r e a c t i o n time is a b o u t
3 hr, a n interstratified s t r u c t u r e was f o r m e d e v e n
in the p r e s e n c e o f a large a m o u n t of LiNO3.
J u d g i n g f r o m t h e facts m e n t i o n e d a b o v e , the
f o r m a t i o n o f a r e g u l a r t y p e of m i x e d l a y e r s t r u c t u r e
c a n b e a s c r i b e d to r e m o v a l of p o t a s s i u m ions f r o m
a l t e r n a t e layers o f m i c a b y m o l t e n L i N O 3 a n d
t h a t a p r o p e r a m o u n t of L i N O 3 is r e q u i r e d to f o r m
a n interstratified s t r u c t u r e in t h e a b s e n c e of NaC1.
In t h e p r e s e n c e o f a p r o p e r a m o u n t o f N a C I , a n
interstratified s t r u c t u r e w a s f o r m e d in spite o f the
p r e s e n c e o f a c o n s i d e r a b l e a m o u n t of LiNO3.
T h e p r e s e n t r e s u l t s suggest a n o r d e r e d a l t e r n a tion o f l a y e r c h a r g e d i s t r i b u t i o n in m i c a (2M~
type), as h a s b e e n p r e d i c t e d b y Sudo, H a y a s h i
a n d S h i m o d a (1962). I n m o s t m o n t m o r i l l o n i t e
minerals, r a n d o m i n t e r s t r a t i f i c a t i o n r e s u l t e d f r o m
t r e a t m e n t with e t h y l e n e glycol as i n d i c a t e d by
G r e e n e - K e l l y (1955), a n d T e t t e n h o r s t a n d J o h n s
(1963). T h i s was s u g g e s t e d to b e d u e to r a n d o m
d i s t r i b u t i o n o f l a y e r charge.
A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s - T h e writers wish to thank
Oinuma and S. Shimoda of the Geological and
logical Institute, Tokyo University of Education,
valuable comments. Thanks are also due to
Hayashi for i.r. analysis.
Drs. K.
Minerafor their
Dr. H.
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R r s u m r - Une sdricite a 6t6 6puisre en potassium par LiNO3 fondu. L'rchantillon a 6t6 transform6 en
une structure interstratifire en prrsence d'une petite quantit6 de LiNO:~ aprrs un traitement prolongr;
en prrsence d'une quantitd importante de LiNO3. une structure similaire s'est formre aprrs environ
trois heures de r6action. Dans le cas oh une quantitd appropride de NaCI est prrsente, une structure
interstratifire a dt6 facilement obtenue par un traitement de longue durre avec une quantit6 importante
de LiN 03 fondu.
Le minrral interstratifi6 a un espacement basal de 22-23,3 A, qui gonfle h 25-27,6 A apr~s traitement ~t l'&hyl~ne-glycol.
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Kurzreferat-Mit Hilfe von geschmolzenem LiNOa wurde einem Sericit Kalium entzogen. In
Gegenwart einer geringen Menge von LiNO3 wurde die Probe nach l~ingerer Behandlung in ein
zwischengeschichtetes Gefiige verwandelt, und in Gegenwart einer gri)sseren Menge von LiNO3
wurde ein ~ihnliches Gefiige bereits nach drei Stunden Reaktionszeit gebildet. Bei Anwesenheit der
entsprechenden Menge von NaC1 konnte eine Gemischtschichtstruktur |eicht erhalten werden durch
Behandlung tiber eine l~imgere Zeitspanne mit einer betr~ichtlichen Menge yon geschmolzenem
LiNO3.
Das zwischengeschichtete Mineral hatte einen basalen Abstand von 22 fi,-23,3 ,~ der dutch
Behandlung mit Athylenglykol auf 25 A-27,6/~ erweitert wurde.
P e a x o M e - CcpHUHT 6J,~n nO~BeprHyT o6pa6oTKe pacnnaBneUH~,iM LiNOa c Uenb~o y~a_qeHn~ K.
O6pa3eu npeTepnen npeapatuenne B cMemaHHocnofiny}o cTpyKTypy B HpHCyTCTBHH He6onbtuoro
KOJIIIqecTBa LiNO3 IIpll I/pO21OIIXI4TenbHO~ o6pa6oTKe Ilnll me B rlpHCyTCTBI{II ~OCTaTOtIHO 6OIIbIIIoro KOYlHqeCTBaLiNOa B Te~leHI4e Tpex ~IaCOB. B IIpMcyTCTBI4kI ~OCTaTOqHOrO KOJIMqeCTBaN a t [
CMeIllaHHOCnOfiHa~I cTpyKTypa JlerKo nonyaanacb iipil o6pa6oTre B TeqeHHe ~lYIllTenbHoro nepHo~a
BpeMenll 6OIlbIIIHM KOJIHtIeCTBOMpacl/iiaBJleHHoro LiNO3.
CMeIIIaHHOCJIOfiHbI~ MHnepa~I xaparTepn3yeTc~ 6a3aJIbn/aIM Me)KIIJIOCKOCTHbIM paccToflaI4eM
22-23,3 , I<OTopoe yBenll~llBaeTcg 21o 25-27,6/k npH o6pa6oTKe 3 T R Y i e H - r J I H K O n C M .