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Title: Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures

Abstract

Electronic states of iron in Earth's mantle minerals including ferropericlase, silicate perovskite, and post-perovskite have been previously investigated at high pressures and/or temperatures using various experimental techniques, including X-ray emission and Moessbauer spectroscopies. Although such methods have been used to infer changes in the electronic spin and valence states of iron in lower mantle minerals, they do not directly probe the 3d electronic states quantitatively. Here we use 1s2p resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy (RXES) at the Fe K pre-edge to directly probe and assess the 3d electronic states and the crystal-field splittings of Fe{sup 2+} in the lower-mantle ferropericlase [(Mg{sub 0.75},Fe{sub 0.25})O] at pressures up to 90 GPa. The pre-edge features from X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the partial fluorescence yield (PFY-XAS) and RXES results explicitly show three excited states for high-spin Fe{sup 2+} (a lower-energy {sup 4}T{sub 1g} state, a {sup 4}T{sub 2g} state, and a higher-energy {sup 4}T{sub 1g} state) and a single {sup 2}E{sub g} state for low-spin Fe{sup 2+}, attributed to the (t{sub 2g}){sup 0}(e{sub g}){sup 3} excited configuration. This latter feature begins to appear at 48 GPa and grows with pressure, while the peaks related to high-spin Fe{sup 2+} vanish above 80 GPa. The observed pre-edgemore » features are consistent with purely quadrupolar transitions resulting from the centrosymmetric character of the Fe{sup 2+} site. The K pre-edge RXES spectra at the incident energy of 7112 eV, which are similar to the Fe L-edge spectra, are also used successfully to quantitatively obtain consistent results on the spin transition of Fe{sup 2+} in ferropericlase under high pressures. Owing to the superior sensitivity of the RXES technique, the observed electronic states and their energy separations provide direct information on the local electronic structures and crystal-field splitting energies of the 3d electronic shells of Fe{sup 2+} in ferropericlase at relevant pressures of the Earth's lower mantle.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1002809
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Am. Mineral.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 95; Journal Issue: 08, 2010; Journal ID: ISSN 0003--004X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONFIGURATION; CRYSTAL FIELD; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITED STATES; FLUORESCENCE; IRON; PEROVSKITE; PROBES; SENSITIVITY; SILICATES; SPECTRA; SPIN; VALENCE

Citation Formats

Lin, Jung-Fu, Mao, Zhu, Jarrige, Ignace, Xiao, Yuming, Chow, Paul, Okuchi, Takuo, Hiraoka, Nozomu, Jacobsen, Steven D, NSRRC), NWU), CIW), Texas), and Okayama). Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures. United States: N. p., 2010. Web. doi:10.2138/am.2010.3495.
Lin, Jung-Fu, Mao, Zhu, Jarrige, Ignace, Xiao, Yuming, Chow, Paul, Okuchi, Takuo, Hiraoka, Nozomu, Jacobsen, Steven D, NSRRC), NWU), CIW), Texas), & Okayama). Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures. United States. https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2010.3495
Lin, Jung-Fu, Mao, Zhu, Jarrige, Ignace, Xiao, Yuming, Chow, Paul, Okuchi, Takuo, Hiraoka, Nozomu, Jacobsen, Steven D, NSRRC), NWU), CIW), Texas), and Okayama). 2010. "Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures". United States. https://doi.org/10.2138/am.2010.3495.
@article{osti_1002809,
title = {Resonant X-ray emission study of the lower-mantle ferropericlase at high pressures},
author = {Lin, Jung-Fu and Mao, Zhu and Jarrige, Ignace and Xiao, Yuming and Chow, Paul and Okuchi, Takuo and Hiraoka, Nozomu and Jacobsen, Steven D and NSRRC) and NWU) and CIW) and Texas) and Okayama)},
abstractNote = {Electronic states of iron in Earth's mantle minerals including ferropericlase, silicate perovskite, and post-perovskite have been previously investigated at high pressures and/or temperatures using various experimental techniques, including X-ray emission and Moessbauer spectroscopies. Although such methods have been used to infer changes in the electronic spin and valence states of iron in lower mantle minerals, they do not directly probe the 3d electronic states quantitatively. Here we use 1s2p resonant X-ray emission spectroscopy (RXES) at the Fe K pre-edge to directly probe and assess the 3d electronic states and the crystal-field splittings of Fe{sup 2+} in the lower-mantle ferropericlase [(Mg{sub 0.75},Fe{sub 0.25})O] at pressures up to 90 GPa. The pre-edge features from X-ray absorption spectroscopy in the partial fluorescence yield (PFY-XAS) and RXES results explicitly show three excited states for high-spin Fe{sup 2+} (a lower-energy {sup 4}T{sub 1g} state, a {sup 4}T{sub 2g} state, and a higher-energy {sup 4}T{sub 1g} state) and a single {sup 2}E{sub g} state for low-spin Fe{sup 2+}, attributed to the (t{sub 2g}){sup 0}(e{sub g}){sup 3} excited configuration. This latter feature begins to appear at 48 GPa and grows with pressure, while the peaks related to high-spin Fe{sup 2+} vanish above 80 GPa. The observed pre-edge features are consistent with purely quadrupolar transitions resulting from the centrosymmetric character of the Fe{sup 2+} site. The K pre-edge RXES spectra at the incident energy of 7112 eV, which are similar to the Fe L-edge spectra, are also used successfully to quantitatively obtain consistent results on the spin transition of Fe{sup 2+} in ferropericlase under high pressures. Owing to the superior sensitivity of the RXES technique, the observed electronic states and their energy separations provide direct information on the local electronic structures and crystal-field splitting energies of the 3d electronic shells of Fe{sup 2+} in ferropericlase at relevant pressures of the Earth's lower mantle.},
doi = {10.2138/am.2010.3495},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1002809}, journal = {Am. Mineral.},
issn = {0003--004X},
number = 08, 2010,
volume = 95,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2010},
month = {Fri Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2010}
}