The High Pressure Behavior of Galenobismutite, PbBi2S4: A Synchrotron Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction Study

High-pressure single-crystal synchrotron X-ray diffraction data for galenobismutite, PbBi2S4 collected up to 20.9 GPa, were fitted by a third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state, as suggested by a FE-fE plot, yielding V0 = 697.4(8) Å3, K0 = 51(1) GPa and K’ = 5.0(2). The axial moduli were M0a = 115(7) GPa and Ma’ = 28(2) for the a axis, M0b = 162(3) GPa and Mb’ = 8(3) for the b axis, M0c = 142(8) GPa and Mc’ = 26(2) for the c axis, with refined values of a0, b0, c0 equal to 11.791(7) Å, 14.540(6) Å 4.076(3) Å, respectively, and a ratio equal to M0a:M0b:M0c = 1.55:1:1.79. The main structural changes on compression were the M2 and M3 (occupied by Bi, Pb) movements toward the centers of their respective trigonal prism bodies and M3 changes towards CN8. The M1 site, occupied solely by Bi, regularizes the octahedral form with CN6. The eccentricities of all cation sites decreased with compression testifying for a decrease in stereochemical expression of lone electron pairs. Galenobismutite is isostructural with calcium ferrite CaFe2O4, the suggested high pressure structure can host Na and Al in the lower mantle. The study indicates that pressure enables the incorporation of other elements in this structure, increasing its potential significance for mantle mineralogy.

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High Pressure Behavior of Mascagnite from Single Crystal Synchrotron X-ray Diffraction Data

Crystals ◽

10.3390/cryst11080976 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (8) ◽

pp. 976

Author(s):

Paola Comodi ◽

Maximiliano Fastelli ◽

Giacomo Criniti ◽

Konstantin Glazyrin ◽

Azzurra Zucchini

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Diamond Anvil Cell ◽

Geometrical Parameters ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Third Order ◽

X Ray ◽

Diamond Anvil ◽

Murnaghan Equation

High-pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction was carried out on a single crystal of mascagnite, compressed in a diamond anvil cell. The sample maintained its crystal structure up to ~18 GPa. The volume–pressure data were fitted by a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state (BM3-EOS) yielding K0 = 20.4(7) GPa, K’0 = 6.1(2), and V0 = 499(1) Å3, as suggested by the F-f plot. The axial compressibilities, calculated with BM3-EOS, were K0a = 35(3), K’0a = 7.7(7), K0b = 10(3), K’0b = 7(1), K0c = 25(1), and K’0c = 4.3(2) The axial moduli measured using a BM2-EOS and fixing K’0 equal to 4, were K0a = 52(2), K0b = 20 (1), and K0c = 29.6(4) GPa, and the anisotropic ratio of K0a:K0b:K0c = 1:0.4:0.5. The evolution of crystal lattice and geometrical parameters indicated no phase transition until 17.6 GPa. Sulphate polyhedra were incompressible and the density increase of 30% compared to investigated pressure should be attributed to the reduction of weaker hydrogen bonds. In contrast, some of them, directed along [100], were very short at room temperature, below 2 Å, and showed a very low compressibility. This configuration explains the anisotropic compressional behavior and the lowest compressibility of the a axis.

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The alunite supergroup under high pressure: the case of natrojarosite, NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6

Mineralogical Magazine ◽

10.1180/minmag.2013.077.7.10 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 77 (7) ◽

pp. 3007-3017 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

F. Nestola ◽

S. J. Mills ◽

B. Periotto ◽

L. Scandolo

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Maximum Pressure ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Third Order ◽

X Ray ◽

Cell Parameters ◽

Diamond Anvil ◽

Murnaghan Equation ◽

Volume Decrease

AbstractA single crystal of natrojarosite, NaFe3(SO4)2(OH)6, was investigated by single-crystal X-ray diffraction at high-pressure conditions (up to 8.8 GPa) using a diamond-anvil cell. The unit-cell parameters were determined at 11 different pressures and no indications of a phase transition were found up to the maximum pressure reached. The volume and axial moduli were fitted to a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation-of-state which gave the following values: V0 = 769.6(2) Å3, KT0 = 50.6(9) GPa, K' = 9.9(4); a = 7.3172(6) Å, KT0 = 104(2), K' = 7.6(9); c = 16.5965(20) Å, KT0 = 24.6(4) and K' = 7.1(2). The crystal structure of natrojarosite was refined at seven different pressures up to 8.779(11) GPa [a = 7.3170(4), c = 16.5955(5) Å and V = 769.46(9) Å3 in Rm at 0.00010(1) GPa and a = 7.1594(8), c = 15.6003(17) Å and V = 692.49(8) Å3 at 8.779(11) GPa]. The structural analysis shows that the 12-fold Na polyhedron accommodates most of the deformation by a large volume decrease (14%) and strong polyhedral distortion (63%). Our results indicate that natrojarosite has the most compressible structure of the supergroup studied so far, and has a very strong axial anisotropy.

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Investigation of the crystal structure of a low water content hydrous olivine to 29.9 GPa: A high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction study

American Mineralogist ◽

10.2138/am-2020-7444 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 105 (12) ◽

pp. 1857-1865

Author(s):

Jingui Xu ◽

Dawei Fan ◽

Dongzhou Zhang ◽

Bo Li ◽

Wenge Zhou ◽

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Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Equation Of State ◽

Single Crystal ◽

Water Content ◽

Structural Changes ◽

Volume Data ◽

Structural Refinement ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

X Ray ◽

Water Contents

Abstract Olivine is the most abundant mineral in the Earth's upper mantle and subducting slabs. Studying the structural evolution and equation of state of olivine at high-pressure is of fundamental importance in constraining the composition and structure of these regions. Hydrogen can be incorporated into olivine and significantly influence its physical and chemical properties. Previous infrared and Raman spectroscopic studies indicated that local structural changes occur in Mg-rich hydrous olivine (Fo ≥ 95; 4883–9000 ppmw water) at high-pressure. Since water contents of natural olivine are commonly <1000 ppmw, it is inevitable to investigate the effects of such water contents on the equation of state (EoS) and structure of olivine at high-pressure. Here we synthesized a low water content hydrous olivine (Fo95; 1538 ppmw water) at low SiO2 activity and identified that the incorporated hydrogens are predominantly associated with the Si sites. We performed high-pressure single-crystal X-ray diffraction experiments on this olivine to 29.9 GPa. A third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state (BM3 EoS) was fit to the pressure-volume data, yielding the following EoS parameters: VT0 = 290.182(1) Å3, KT0 = 130.8(9) GPa, and K′T0 = 4.16(8). The KT0 is consistent with those of anhydrous Mg-rich olivine, which indicates that such low water content has negligible effects on the bulk modulus of olivine. Furthermore, we carried out the structural refinement of this hydrous olivine as a function of pressure to 29.9 GPa. The results indicate that, similar to the anhydrous olivine, the compression of the M1-O and M2-O bonds are comparable, which are larger than that of the Si-O bonds. The compression of M1-O and M2-O bonds of this hydrous olivine are comparable with those of anhydrous olivine, while the Si-O1 and Si-O2 bonds in the hydrous olivine are more compressible than those in the anhydrous olivine. Therefore, this study suggests that low water content has negligible effects on the EoS of olivine, though the incorporation of water softens the Si-O1 and Si-O2 bond.

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High pressure single crystal X-ray diffraction study on α-quartz

Zeitschrift für Kristallographie - Crystalline Materials ◽

10.1524/zkri.1999.214.6.324 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 214 (6) ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

J. Kim-Zajonz ◽

S. Werner ◽

H. Schulz

Keyword(s):

High Pressure ◽

Single Crystal ◽

The Other ◽

Data Sets ◽

Theoretical Studies ◽

Intensity Data ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Pressure Derivative ◽

X Ray ◽

Murnaghan Equation

AbstractSingle crystal X-ray diffraction experiments onVolumina of the unit cell were determined to 13.1 GPa, by combining the data with data taken from the literature; the bulk modulus and pressure derivative calculate to 38.7(3) GPa and 5.2(1) respectively according to a Birch-Murnaghan equation of state.Intensity data were collected at 10.9(1), 12.0(1), 12.1(1), 12.6(1) and 13.1(1) GPa. From the five intensity data sets, one was collected using synchrotron radiation at HASYLAB/DESY and the other four using a conventional X-ray tube. Results show that the SiOIn addition to the five intensity data sets collected, X-ray diffraction experiments were carried out up to 19.3 GPa in order to address the question of when the structure undergoes amorphization. It was observed that up to 19.3 GPa, no pressure-induced amorphization takes place. This result is in agreement with studies carried out on powder quartz and theoretical studies.

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