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Belay Zeleke Dilnesa - Eawag-Empa Library

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CHAPTER 3 SYNTHETIC FE-CONTAINING HYDRATES<br />

The presence of a second AFm phase was indicated by an intensive diffraction peak at 2θ<br />

= 10.7° (Fig. 27). This could indicate the presence of a second Fe-monosulfate compound<br />

with less water. The second Fe-monosulfate has an interlayer distance of 8.36(1) Å which<br />

could correspond to C4FsH10. The decrease in the interlayer distance from C4FsH12 (8.87<br />

Å) to C4FsH10 (8.36 Å) is comparable to the difference in interlayer distance reported for<br />

C4AsH12 (8.94 Å) [88] and C4AsH10 (8.42 Å) [89]. The interlayer distance of the second<br />

AFm (C4FsH10) phase is between the value for C4FsH12 and the value of C4FcH12 (7.98<br />

Å).<br />

Fig. 27 Details of the Rietveld plot from the sample Fe-Ms-50 °C.<br />

The structure of Fe-monosulfate is isotypic to Al-monosulfate. It has the same symmetry<br />

and same atomic positions with two kinds of disorder in the interlayer region: statistical<br />

distribution between one sulfate group with 2.3 water molecules and orientation disorder<br />

of sulfate groups (up or down). The refined composition is<br />

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