The influence of Al2O3 on the structural properties of MgSiO3 akimotoite

Siersch, Nicki C.; Criniti, Giacomo; Kurnosov, Alexander; Ballaran, Tiziana Boffa; Liu, Zhaodong; Ishii, Takayuki; Frost, Daniel J.; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin

doi:10.2138/am-2022-8257

The influence of Al2O3 on the structural properties of MgSiO3 akimotoite

Journal Article · 02 January 2023 · American Mineralogist

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2022-8257· OSTI ID:2419424

Siersch, Nicki C. ^[1]; ; Kurnosov, Alexander; Ballaran, Tiziana Boffa; ; Ishii, Takayuki; ; Yu, Tony; Wang, Yanbin

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Abstract

Akimotoite, a MgSiO3 polymorph present in the lower transition zone within ultramafic portions of subducting slabs and potentially also in the ambient mantle, will partition some amount of Al, raising the question of how this will affect its crystal structure and properties. In this study, a series of samples along the MgSiO3-Al2O3 (akimotoite-corundum) solid solution have been investigated by means of single-crystal X-ray diffraction to examine their crystal chemistry. Results show a strong nonlinear behavior of the a- and c-axes as a function of Al content, which arises from fundamentally different accommodation mechanisms in the akimotoite and corundum structures. Furthermore, two Al2O3-bearing akimotoite samples were investigated at high pressure to determine the different compression mechanisms associated with Al substitution. Al2O3-bearing akimotoite becomes more compressible at least up to 20 mol% Al2O3, due likely to an increase in compressibility as the Al cation is incorporated into the SiO6 octahedron. This observation is in strong contrast to the stiffer corundum end-member having a KT = 250 GPa, which is larger than that of the akimotoite end-member [KT = 205(1) GPa]. These findings have implications for mineral physics models of elastic properties, which have in the past assumed linear mixing behavior between the MgSiO3 akimotoite and Al2O3 corundum end-members to calculate sound wave velocities for Al-bearing akimotoite at high pressure and temperature.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

DOE Contract Number:: FG02-94ER14466; AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 2419424

Journal Information:: American Mineralogist, Journal Name: American Mineralogist Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 108; ISSN 0003-004X

Publisher:: Mineralogical Society of America

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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