Zirconium(IV) silicate | SSHADE

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Solid phase

Official name: Zirconium(IV) silicate

Name and identifiers

CAS number: 10101-52-7

Family: covalent network solid
Class: tridimentional covalent network solid
Compound type: nesosilicate

Chemical composition

Formula: $ZrSiO_4$
Chemical formula: ZrSiO4
Elemental formula: Zr Si O4
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

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	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$Zr$	Zirconium	element	1	0.16666666666666666	1.0	constituent element	main
	$Si$	Silicon	element	1	0.16666666666666666	1.0	constituent element	main
	$O$	Oxygen	element	4	0.6666666666666666	1.0	constituent element	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number
	$(SiO_4)^{4-}$	1

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number
	$\geq Si-O^-$	4

Class: tridimensional covalent networks (11)

Crystallography

Phase type: crystalline
Crystal system: tetragonal
Crystal class: ditetragonal-pyramidal
Crystal class symbol: 4/mmm (D4h)
Crystal spacegroup: I4(1)/amd

Physical properties

Molar mass: 190.31 $g/mol$
Density: 4.6-4.7 $g/cm^3$

Thermodynamical properties

State NTP

solid

Phase transitions

Phase transition type	Other phases	Temperature - Pressure
solid-liquid	liquid	2820 K

Optical properties

Refringence type: uniaxial
Refringence sign: negative
Birefringence: 0.0470-0.0055
Refraction index $n_{\alpha}$: 1.92-1.96
Refraction index $n_{\beta}$: 1.967-2.015
Pure color: colorless
Diaphaneity: transparent to opaque
Luster: adamantine

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