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The monazite–SiO2–NaF–Nb2O5–Fe2O3 system in the isotherm at 1200°C is characterized by a wide region of two immiscible melts: a silicate melt and a phosphate–fluoride (salt) melt. The system is reciprocal; in the salt melt, new rare-earth metal (REM) phases form: binary phosphates and fluoride phosphates of REM and Na, which contain neither Fe, nor Nb. Iron has a strong effect on the immiscibility of the melts: in the absence of iron, the segregation region occupies 50% of the area of the diagram; at 5% Fe2O3, 57%; and at 10% Fe2O3, 70%. REM, P, and Nb oxides are contrastingly distributed between the immiscible melts. Most (95%) of REM and P are concentrated in the phosphate–salt melt, and Nb is concentrated in the iron–silicate melt. If the silicate melt contains no Fe2O3, then the Nb2O5 content is 4.91%; and at a Fe2O3 content of 15.33%, the Nb2O5 content is 6.89%, i.e. is 40% higher.
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This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (project no. 17–08–00583).
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Delitsyn, L.M. Distribution of TR2O3, P2O5, and Nb2O5 between Two Immiscible Melts in the Monazite–SiO2–NaF–Nb2O5–Fe2O3 System. Dokl Chem 489, 292–297 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0012500819120048
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