Elsevier, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials, (159), p. 126-131
DOI: 10.1016/j.micromeso.2012.04.029
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In the present work the influence of alkaline cations on pressure behavior of laumontite |(Ca4−xNax)Kx(H2O)n|[Al8Si16O48] was studied using single-crystal X-ray diffraction in diamond-anvil cell with water medium. Na,K-rich laumontite, containing 13.4 H2O molecules per formula at ambient pressure (0.0001 GPa), hydrates up to ≈15.5 H2O in the pressure range of 0.0001–0.75 GPa. This pressure-induced hydration occurs due to the occupancy increase of already populated water sites and does not cause any essential structure changes. The bulk modulus K0 = 39(3) GPa was evaluated for Na,K-rich laumontite using normalized volumes.