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Recent hydrofluoric acid solution calorimetric data are used to derive standard enthalpies and Gibbs free energies of formation of low-albite, high-albite, NaAlSi3O8 glass, microcline, sanidine, and KAlSi3O8 glass. The data are presented as high-temperature functions from 298.15 to 1400° K.
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This research was supported in party by the U.S. Geological Survey, the Higgins Fund of Harvard University, and NSF Grant GA-1171. The author wishes to thank Drs. J. F. Hays and R. A. Robie for reviewing the manuscript.
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Waldbaum, D.R. High-temperature thermodynamic properties of alkali feldspars. Contr. Mineral. and Petrol. 17, 71–77 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00371810
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