Journal article
A large volume cell for in situ neutron diffraction studies of hydrothermal crystallizations
Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol.81(10)
2010
Abstract
A hydrothermal cell with 320 ml internal volume has been designed and constructed for in situneutron diffraction studies of hydrothermal crystallizations. The cell design adopts a dumbbell configuration assembled with standard commercial stainless steel components and a zero-scattering Ti–Zr alloy sample compartment. The fluid movement and heat transfer are simply driven by natural convection due to the natural temperature gradient along the fluid path, so that the temperature at the sample compartment can be stably sustained by heating the fluid in the bottom fluid reservoir. The cell can operate at temperatures up to 300 °C and pressures up to 90 bars and is suitable for studying reactions requiring a large volume of hydrothermal fluid to damp out the negative effect from the change of fluid composition during the course of the reactions. The capability of the cell was demonstrated by a hydrothermal phase transformation investigation from leucite (KAlSi2O6) to analcime (NaAlSi2O6⋅H2O) at 210 °C on the high intensity powder diffractometer Wombat in ANSTO. The kinetics of the transformation has been resolved by collecting diffraction patterns every 10 min followed by Rietveld quantitative phase analysis. The classical Avrami/Arrhenius analysis gives an activation energy of 82.3±1.1 kJ mol−1. Estimations of the reaction rate under natural environments by extrapolations agree well with petrological observations.
Details
- Title
- A large volume cell for in situ neutron diffraction studies of hydrothermal crystallizations
- Authors/Creators
- F. Xia (Author/Creator)G. Qian (Author/Creator)J. Brugger (Author/Creator)A. Studer (Author/Creator)S. Olsen (Author/Creator)A. Pring (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Review of Scientific Instruments, Vol.81(10)
- Publisher
- American Institute of Physics
- Identifiers
- 991005541000507891
- Copyright
- © 2010 American Institute of Physics
- Murdoch Affiliation
- Murdoch University
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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