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Title: Discovery of a hexagonal ultradense hydrous phase in (Fe,Al)OOH

Journal Article · · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
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  1. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China)
  2. Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab., High Pressure Collaborative Access Team
  3. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China); Carnegie Inst. of Science, Washington, DC (United States). Geophysical Lab.

A deep lower-mantle (DLM) water reservoir depends on availability of hydrous minerals which can store and transport water into the DLM without dehydration. Recent discoveries found hydrous phases AlOOH (Z= 2) with a CaCl2-type structure and FeOOH (Z= 4) with a cubic pyrite-type structure stable under the high-pressure–temperature (P-T) conditions of the DLM. Our experiments at 107–136 GPa and 2,400 K have further demonstrated that (Fe,Al)OOH is stabilized in a hexagonal lattice. By combining powder X-ray-diffraction techniques with multigrain indexation, we are able to determine this hexagonal hydrous phase witha= 10.5803(6) Å andc= 2.5897(3) Å at 110 GPa. Hexagonal (Fe,Al)OOH can transform to the cubic pyrite structure at lowTwith the same density. Furthermore, the hexagonal phase can be formed when δ-AlOOH incorporates FeOOH produced by reaction between water and Fe, which may store a substantial quantity of water in the DLM.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Organization:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Foundation of President of China Academy of Engineering Physics; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division
Grant/Contract Number:
41574080; U1530402; 201402032; EAR-1345112; EAR-1447438; NA0001974; FG02-99ER45775; AC02-06CH11357
OSTI ID:
1430340
Journal Information:
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 115, Issue 12; ISSN 0027-8424
Publisher:
National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 15 works
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