The thermodynamic characteristics of natural iron-lithium micas

A thermochemical study of natural lithium micas, iron-containing polylithionite and lepidolite, was performed on a high-temperature heat-flux Calvet microcalorimeter (Setaram, France). Melt solution calorimetry was used to measure the enthalpies of mineral formation from the elements Δ_f H°_el (298.15 K), ?5989.3 ± 9.6 and ?5981.3 ± 6.3 kJ/mol, respectively. The drop method was used to determine the enthalpy increments heating of the micas over the temperature interval 444–973 K. The equations for the temperature dependences of the heat capacities and enthalpies of Fe-polylithionite and Fe-lepidolite were obtained. The S° (298.15 K) and Δ_f G°_el (298.15 K) values were estimated. The thermodynamic functions of the micas were calculated over the temperature range 298.15–1000 K.