Tremolite: new enthalpy and entropy data from a phase equilibrium study of the reaction tremolite = 2 diopside + 1.5 orthoenstatite + β-quartz + H2O

Mark D. Welch, A. R. Pawley

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    Abstract

    New enthalpy and entropy data have been obtained for a natural end-member tremolite from phase equilibrium experiments on the above high temperature dehydration reaction tremolite = 2 diopside + 1.5 orthoenstatite + β-quartz + H2O. Six reversed experimental brackets were obtained at 0.25 kbar (996-1033 k), 0.6 kbar (1038-1058 K), 1 kbar (1075-1104 K), 1.5 kbar (1101-1125 K), 2 kbar (1115-1128 K), and 8 kbar (1179-1209 K), from which the enthalpy of formation and the third-law entropy of tremolite have been calculated. The values obtained are ΔHf 0(Tr) = -12299.48 ± 14.84 kJ/mol and S0(Tr) = 0.5525 ± 0.0100 kJ/mol.K. The new thermodynamic data is used to calculate revised limits of tremolite stability in the system CaO-MgO-SiO2-H2O (CMSH). -from Authors

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1931-1939
    Number of pages9
    JournalAmerican Mineralogist
    Volume76
    Issue number11-12
    Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1991

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