High Pressure–Temperature Study of MgF2, CaF2, and BaF2 by Raman Spectroscopy: Phase Transitions and Vibrational Properties of AF2 Difluorides
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China); Univ. of Science and Technology, Heifei (China)
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Hefei (China)
- Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
The phase transition of AF2 difluorides strongly depends on pressure, temperature, and cationic radius. Here, we have investigated the phase transition of three difluorides, including MgF2, CaF2, and BaF2, at simultaneously high pressures and temperatures using Raman spectroscopy and X-ray diffraction in externally heated diamond anvil cells up to 55 GPa at 300–700 K. Rutile-type difluoride MgF2 with a small cationic radius undergoes a transition to the CaCl2-type phase at 9.9(1) GPa and 300 K, to the HP-PdF2-type phase at 21.0(2) GPa, and to the cotunnite-type phase at 44.2(2) GPa. The phase transition pressure to the HP-PdF2 and cotunnite structure at 300 K for our single crystal was found to be higher than that in previous studies using polycrystalline samples. Elevating the temperature increases the transition pressure from rutile- to the CaCl2-type phase but has a negative influence on the transition pressure when MgF2 transforms from the HP-PdF2- to cotunnite-type phase. Meanwhile, the transition pressure from the CaCl2- to HP-PdF2-type phase for MgF2 was identified to be independent of the temperature. Raman peaks suspected to belong to the α-PbO2-type phase were observed at 14.6–21.0(1) GPa and 400–700 K. At 300 K, difluorides CaF2 and BaF2 in the fluorite structure with larger cationic radii transform to the cotunnite-type phase at 9.6(3) and 3.0(3) GPa at 300 K, respectively, and BaF2 further undergoes a transition to the Ni2In-type phase at 15.5(4) GPa. For both CaF2 and BaF2, elevating the temperature leads to a lower transition pressure from fluorite- to the cotunnite-type phase but has little influence on the transition to the Ni2In structure. Raman data provide valuable insights for mode Grüneisen parameters. We note that the mode Grüneisen parameters for both difluorides and dioxides vary linearly with the cation radius. Further calculations for the mode Grüneisen parameters at high pressures for MgF2, CaF2, and BaF2 yield a deeper understanding of the thermodynamic properties of the difluorides.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Chicago, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS); Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; FG02-94ER14466
- OSTI ID:
- 2472236
- Journal Information:
- ACS Omega, Journal Name: ACS Omega Journal Issue: 22 Vol. 9; ISSN 2470-1343
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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