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Sylvite[1][2] [3]
HJS KCl-111703-03-10x.jpg
Mineralogical name Sylvite, Hövelite
Chemical name Potassium chloride
Trivial name
Chemical formula KCl
Other forms
Crystal system cubic
Crystal structure
Deliquescence humidity 20°C 85.0%
Solubility (g/l) at 20°C 344 g/l
Density (g/cm³) 1.987 g/cm3
Molar volume 37.52 cm3/mol
Molar weight 74.56 g/mol
Transparency transparent to translucent
Cleavage perfect
Crystal habit
Twinning
Phase transition
Chemical behavior
Comments
Crystal Optics
Refractive Indices n=1.4903
Birefringence
Optical Orientation isotropic
Pleochroism
Dispersion
Used Literature
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Hygroscopicity[edit]


Table 1: Deliquescence humidites of potassium chloride at different round temperatures [Steiger.etal:2014]Title: Weathering and Deterioration
Author: Steiger, Michael; Charola A. Elena; Sterflinger, Katja
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0°C 10°C 20°C 30°C 40°C 50°C
88.3%r.h. 86.7%r.h. 85.0%r.h. 83.5%r.h. 82.1%r.h. 80.7%r.h.



Weblinks[edit]

  1. http://webmineral.com/data/Sylvite.shtml viewed on 29/07/2010
  2. http://www.mindat.org/min-3850.html viewed on 29/07/2010
  3. <bib id="Robie.etal:1978">

Literature[edit]

[Dana:1951]Dana E.S. (eds.) Dana J.D. (1951): Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7, Wiley & SonsLink to Google Scholar
[Robie.etal:1978]Robie R.A., Hemingway B.S.; Fisher J.A. (1978): Thermodynamic properties of minerals and related substances at 298.15 K and 1 bar pressure and higher temperatures. In: U.S. Geol. Surv. Bull, 1452 ()Link to Google Scholar
[Steiger.etal:2008c]Steiger, Michael; Kiekbusch, Jana; Nicolai, Andreas (2008): An improved model incorporating Pitzer’s equations for calculation of thermodynamic properties of pore solutions implemented into an efficient program code. In: Construction and Building Materials, 22 (8), 1841-1850, 10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.04.020Link to Google Scholar
[Steiger.etal:2014]Steiger, Michael; Charola A. Elena; Sterflinger, Katja (2014): Weathering and Deterioration. In: Siegesmund S.; Snethlage R. (eds.): Stone in Architecture, Springer Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 223-316, 10.1007/978-3-642-45155-3_4.Link to Google Scholar
[Dana:1951]Dana E.S. (eds.) Dana J.D. (1951): Dana's System of Mineralogy, 7, Wiley & SonsLink to Google Scholar