Figure 10
Lattice parameters of geometrically optimized supercells (PBEsol-D) for Al/Si ordering patterns AS1, AS2 (x < 1/3) and AS3 (x > 1/3). Experimental values of a, b and c based on X-ray diffraction measurements are taken from Cameron (1977a), Klug et al. (1987), Ban & Okada (1992) for mullite and from Yang et al. (1997) for sillimanite (x = 0). Several experimental values of a are `hidden' behind the data points of the DFT calculations. |