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Formation of Allophane and Beidellite during Hydrothermal Alteration of Volcanic Glass Below 200°C

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2024

Motoharu Kawano  and
Katsutoshi Tomita
Motoharu Kawano
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagoshima University 1-21-24 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
Katsutoshi Tomita
Affiliation:
Institute of Earth Sciences, Faculty of Science, Kagoshima University, 1-21-35 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890, Japan
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Abstract

Experimental alteration of volcanic glass has been carried out in distilled water at 200°C and 150°C. The formation and transformation processes of alteration products have been examined by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), infrared absorption analysis, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. SEM and TEM clearly show that amorphous aluminum-silicate coatings with allophane particles precipitate on the surface of volcanic glass during the earliest alteration stage. Noncrystalline flaky and/or fibrous materials are formed from the allophane aggregates and from the amorphous coatings as new reaction products. The flaky and/or fibrous materials curl inward and transform into 100–500 nm circular smectite. The Al/Si atomic ratio of 1.09 for allophane decreases progressively to 0.65 for smectite through 0.86 for noncrystalline transitional material. The smectite has d(06) spacing of 1.497 Å and consists mainly of Si, Al, and small amounts of Fe, Ca, and Na.

Keywords

AllophaneAmorphous aluminum-silicate coatingExperimental alterationSmectiteTransitional materialVolcanic glass
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Research Article
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Clays and Clay Minerals , Volume 40 , Issue 6 , December 1992 , pp. 666 - 674
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Copyright © 1992, The Clay Minerals Society

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