Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles

Daviau, Kierstin; Fischer, Rebecca A.; Brennan, Matthew C.; Dong, Junjie; Suer, Terry‐Ann; Couper, Samantha; Meng, Yue; Prakapenka, Vitali B.

doi:10.1029/2020jb020074

Title: Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles

Journal Article · Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jb020074· OSTI ID:1774485

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Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States). Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States). Dept. of Geology and Geophysics
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). HPCAT X‐Ray Science Division
Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States). Center for Advanced Radiation Sources (CARS)

Nitrogen, the most abundant element in Earth's atmosphere, is also a primary component of solid nitride minerals found in meteorites and on Earth's surface. If they remain stable to high pressures and temperatures, these nitrides may also be important reservoirs of nitrogen in planetary interiors. We used synchrotron X-ray diffraction to measure the thermal equation of state and phase stability of titanium nitride (TiN) in a laser-heated diamond anvil cell at pressures up to ~70 GPa and temperatures up to ~2500 K. TiN maintains the cubic B1 (NaCl-type) crystal structure over the entire pressure and temperature range explored. It has K₀ = 274(4) GPa, K₀' = 3.9(2), and γ₀ = 1.39(4) for a fixed V₀ = 76.516(30) Å³ (based on experimental measurements), q = 1, and θ₀ = 579 K. Additionally, we collected Raman spectra of TiN up to ~60 GPa, where we find that the transverse acoustic (TA), longitudinal acoustic (LA), and transverse optical (TO) phonon modes exhibit mode Grüneisen parameters of 1.66(17), 0.54(15), and 0.93(4), respectively. Based on our equation of state, TiN has a density of ~5.6–6.4 g/cm³ at Earth's lower mantle conditions, significantly more dense than both the mantle of the Earth and the estimated densities of the mantles of other terrestrial planets, but less dense than planetary cores. Furthermore, we find that TiN remains stable against physical decomposition at the pressures and temperatures found within Earth's mantle, making it a plausible reservoir for deep planetary nitrogen if chemical conditions allow its formation.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Chicago/DOE Alliance Center (CDAC); National Science Foundation (NSF); National Science Foundation (NSF) - Directorate for Geosciences Division of Earth Sciences (GEO/EAR); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Programs (DP)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357; NA0003975

OSTI ID:: 1774485

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1838368

Journal Information:: Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth, Vol. 126, Issue 2; ISSN 2169-9313

Publisher:: American Geophysical UnionCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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