International audienceX-ray absorption spectroscopy at the Mg K-edge is used to obtain information on magnesium environment in minerals, silicate and alumino-silicate glasses. First-principles XANES calculations are performed for minerals using a plane-wave density functional formalism with core-hole effects treated in a supercell approach. The good agreement obtained between experimental and theoretical spectra provides useful information to interpret the spectral features. With the help of calculation, the position of the first peak of XANES spectra is related to both coordination and polyhedron distortion changes. In alumino-silicate glasses, magnesium is found to be mainly 5-fold coordinated to oxygen whatever the aluminum saturation index value. In silicate glasses, magnesium coordination increases from 4 in Cs-, Rb- and K-bearing glasses to 5 in Na- and Li-bearing glasses but remains equal as the polymerization degree of the glass varies. The variation of the C feature (position and intensity) is strongly related to the alkali type providing information on the medium range order
For the first time, commonly unaccessible local electronic structure parameters of Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ in minerals are derived from the calculation of the pre-edge features of X-ray absorption spectra at the Fe K edge. The Ligand Field Multiplet approach is used to calculate the eigenstates of the ions and the absolute intensities of the electric-quadrupole and dipole transitions involved in the pre-edge. For ions in tetrahedral symmetry, a new model for p-d hybridization is developed. The degree of admixture between 3d and 4p levels is derived and local structure parameters (crystal field, bond covalency) are obtained.
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