ISSN:
1432-2021
Quelle:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Thema:
Chemie und Pharmazie
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Geologie und Paläontologie
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Physik
Notizen:
Abstract Synthetic clinoenstatite (MgSiO3) has been converted to a single phase with the perovskite structure in complete reactions at approx. 300 kbar in experiments that utilize the laser-heated diamond-anvil pressure apparatus. The structure of this phase after quenching was determined by powder X-ray diffraction intensity measurement to be similar to that of the distorted rare-earth, orthoferrite-type, orthorhombic perovskites, but it is suggested that such distortion from ideal cubic perovskite would diminish at high pressure. The unit cell dimensions and density of perovskite-type MgSiO3 at ambient conditions (1 bar, 25°C) are a=4.780(1) Å, b=4.933(1) Å, c=6.902(1) Å, V=162.75 Å3, and ρ=4.098(1) g/cm3. This phase is 3.1% denser than the isochemical oxide mixture [periclase (MgO)+stishovite (SiO2)]. The small crystal-field stabilization energy of the cation site in the perovskite structure may play an important role in limiting the high-pressure stability field of perovskites that contain transition metal cations. Approximate calculations of the crystal-field effects indicate that perovskite of pure FeSiO3 composition may become stable at 400–600 kbar; pressures greater than 800 kbar would be required to stabilize CoSiO3 or NiSiO3 perovskite.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00308114
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