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In situ IR spectroscopic and thermogravimetric study of the dehydration of gypsum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

A. Putnis ,
B. Winkler  and
L. Fernandez-Diaz
A. Putnis
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
B. Winkler
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, U.K.
L. Fernandez-Diaz
Affiliation:
Departamento de Cristalografia y Mineralogia, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 28040, Madrid, Spain
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Abstract

The dehydration of gypsum CaSO4.2H2O has been studied, at negligible water vapour pressure, by in situ infrared (IR) spectroscopy and by thermogravimetry to determine whether intermediate phases (CaSO4.nH2O) exist, other than the hemihydrate with n=0.5, and also to compare the mechanism of the dehydration process when measured by two techniques with very different correlation lengths. Thermogravimetry shows an apparently continuous water loss with an activation energy of 90.3 kJ.mol−1, with no changes in the activation energy as a function of the degree of dehydration. IR spectroscopy on the other hand, clearly shows the existence of three discrete phases, gypsum CaSO4.2H2O, hemihydrate CaSO4.0.5H2O and γ-CaSO4, with nucleation of each successive phase as dehydration proceeds. There is no evidence to suggest the presence of phases with any intermediate water content.

Keywords

gypsumdehydrationinfrared spectroscopythermogravimetry
Type
Non-Silicate Mineralogy
Information
Mineralogical Magazine , Volume 54 , Issue 374 , March 1990 , pp. 123 - 128
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1990

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