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Atom Probe Tomography Analysis of Exsolved Mineral Phases
Published on: October 25, 2019
まとめ
高圧では,亜鉛二酸化物 (SnO2) と亜鉛二酸化物 (TiO2) をフッ化物型構造に変換する. これらの発見は,地球の下層マントルの構成に関する酸化物仮説を支持し,二酸化シリコン (SiO2) が同様の高圧形態を採用することを示唆しています.
科学分野:
- マテリアルサイエンス 材料科学
- 地質物理学 地質物理学とは地質物理学です.
- 高圧物理 高圧物理
背景:
- 金属酸化物の高圧行動を理解することは,地化学と材料科学にとって極めて重要です.
- 以前の研究では,極端な条件下で酸化物における相変遷を調査しましたが,SnO2とTiO2におけるフッ素酸構造の安定性は不明でした.
研究 の 目的:
- 二酸化亜鉛 (SnO2) と二酸化チタン (TiO2) の高圧構造相を調査する.
- 地球の下層マントルの構成,特に酸化物仮説に対するこれらの相変遷の影響を評価する.
主な方法:
- In situ X線 difraktionは,ダイヤモンド・アンビル・プレッシャー・セルを用いて採用されました.
- サンプルは高圧 (~250キロバーまで) にかけられ,連続イトリウム・アルミニウム・ガーネットレーザーを用いて加熱された.
主要な成果:
- この研究では,高圧下での立方体フッ素型SnO2と六角形,フッ素関連TiO2の存在が確認されました.
- 格子パラメータは,室温と ~250 kilobars で決定されました.
- SnO2の約-8%,TiO2の約-10.5%の大量の減少は,フッ素酸塩型構造への移行時に観察されました.
- SnO2とTiO2は,圧力解約時にアルファ-PbO2構造に戻った.
結論:
- フロライト型SnO2とTiO2の高圧安定性は,酸化物が支配する下層マントルの実現可能性を支持する証拠を提供します.
- この研究は,シリコン二酸化物 (SiO2) がマントルの下部圧力の下でフローライト構造または関連する形態を採用し,より高いシリコンの調整を必要とする以前の仮説とは異なる可能性があることを示唆しています.
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