The Review of High Pressure Science and Technology
Online ISSN : 1348-1940
Print ISSN : 0917-639X
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The Solvothermal Synthesis of New Layered Silicates : The Anhydrous Phyllosilicates
G. DemazeauP. ReigR. Naslain
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1998 Volume 7 Pages 1435-1437

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The natural phyllosilicates are thermally instable due to the presence of OH group in the lattice. On the basis of the mica phlogopite type structure [KMg3 (AlSi3) O10 (OH) 2] and through the anionic substitution OH- → O2- and the cationic substitutions (Al3+ → Si4+ and Mg2+ → Al3+) a new composition has been proposed : K (Mg2Al) Si4O12 [1]. In order to get a homogeneous starting material, due to the complexity of the proposed composition [K (Mg2Al) Si4O12], the first step was the preparation of the process precursor through a sol-gel. The conventional treatment (high temperature) of such a precursor leading to the formation of a mixture of three-dimensional silicates, a solvothermal reaction was developed, the non-aqueous solvent required for the preparation of the sol being used in supercritical conditions. The resulting material appears to be a bidimensional oxide isostructural of the mica-type phlogopite. All the physico-chemical characterizations confirm such a structure and the absence of OH group in the lattice, in particular the IR spectroscopy. Through such an illustration, solvothermal reactions, appear a powerful way for preparing new materials.

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