The Thermodynamics of Ordered Perovskites on the CaTiO 3 -FeTiO 3 Join

Abstract

The enthalpies of formation from ilmenite, FeTiO3, and perovskite, CaTiO3, of two intermediate ordered perovskite phases, CaFeTi2O6 and CaFe3Ti4O12, have been measured at 801°C using oxide melt solution calorimetry. These data, in combination with experiments at high pressure and temperature, indicate that below 1518±50°C CaFe3Ti4O12 is stable at lower pressures (∼7 GPa at 1200°C) than CaFeTi2O6 (∼13 GPa at 1200°C). This relationship should be reversed, and CaFeTi2O6 should become stable at lower pressures than CaFe3Ti4O12, at temperatures above 1518±50°C. These intermediate phases are of petrological interest because they form as a reaction between two minerals, ilmenite and perovskite, which are commonly associated in kimberlites, and because their pressure-temperature range of formation overlaps that of origin of kimberlites.