Boundaries for martensitic transition of 7Li under pressure

Schaeffer, Anne Marie; Cai, Weizhao; Olejnik, Ella; Molaison, Jamie J.; Sinogeikin, Stanislav; dos Santos, Antonio M.; Deemyad, Shanti

doi:10.1038/ncomms9030

Title: Boundaries for martensitic transition of ⁷Li under pressure

Journal Article · Fri Aug 14 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms9030· OSTI ID:1212934

Schaeffer, Anne Marie ^[1]; Cai, Weizhao ^[1]; Olejnik, Ella ^[1];

^[2]; Sinogeikin, Stanislav ^[3]; dos Santos, Antonio M. ^[2]; Deemyad, Shanti ^[1]

Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Quantum Condensed Matter Division
Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States). Geophysical Lab.

We report that physical properties of lithium under extreme pressures continuously reveal unexpected features. These include a sequence of structural transitions to lower symmetry phases, metal-insulator-metal transition, superconductivity with one of the highest elemental transition temperatures, and a maximum followed by a minimum in its melting line. The instability of the bcc structure of lithium is well established by the presence of a temperature-driven martensitic phase transition. The boundaries of this phase, however, have not been previously explored above 3 GPa. All higher pressure phase boundaries are either extrapolations or inferred based on indirect evidence. Here we explore the pressure dependence of the martensitic transition of lithium up to 7 GPa using a combination of neutron and X-ray scattering. We find a rather unexpected deviation from the extrapolated boundaries of the hR3 phase of lithium. Furthermore, there is evidence that, above ~3 GPa, once in fcc phase, lithium does not undergo a martensitic transition.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Spallation Neutron Source (SNS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; NA0001974; FG02-99ER45775; 1351986; AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1212934

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1265658

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 6; ISSN 2041-1723

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