On the Coexistence of Chemically Similar Stable and Metastable Phases in the BeO–MgO–Al2O3–SiO2 System

Abstract

The joint crystallization of the stable phase (a number of solid solutions of chromium-containing beryllian indialite) and metastable phases (crystalline modifications) of the compound with β-quartz structure (Si_0.64Al_0.28Mg_0.21Be_0.09)^IVO₂ ~ Mg_1.89Be_0.81Al_2.52Si_5.76O₁₈ admixed with Cr₂O₃ phases of khmaralite Mg_1.21Cr_0.01Be_0.46Al_1.78Si_3.38O₂₀ and spinel {(Mg_0.95Be_0.045Si_0.005)^IV(Al_1.31Cr_0.67Mg_0.02)^VI}O₄ is performed using melted chromium–beryllian indialite preliminarily obtained by solid-phase synthesis as a precursor. Simultaneously, the residual X-ray amorphous melt of composition Mg_1.83Cr_0.01Be_1.04Al_2.64Si_5.57O₁₈ is hardened. Thus, a reconstructive transition from the beryllian indialite melt to a phase with the β-quartz structure is implemented, and the chemical similarity of these compounds is demonstrated. The rate of change in the crystallization isotherm of 2°С/h and increased heat outflow through the highly heat-conducting walls of the Pt–Rh crucible (taper) contribute to this process.