CO3+1 network formation in ultra-high pressure carbonate liquids
Abstract
Carbonate liquids are an important class of molten salts, not just for industrial applications, but also in geological processes. Carbonates are generally expected to be simple liquids, in terms of ionic interactions between the molecular carbonate anions and metal cations, and therefore relatively structureless compared to more “polymerized” silicate melts. But there is increasing evidence from phase relations, metal solubility, glass spectroscopy and simulations to suggest the emergence of carbonate “networks” at length scales longer than the component molecular anions. The stability of these emergent structures are known to be sensitive to temperature, but are also predicted to be favoured by pressure. This is important as a recent study suggests that subducted surface carbonate may melt near the Earth’s transition zone (~44 km), representing a barrier to the deep carbon cycle depending on the buoyancy and viscosity of these liquids. In this study we demonstrate a major advance in our understanding of carbonate liquids by combining simulations and high pressure measurements on a carbonate glass, (K2CO3-MgCO3) to pressures in excess of 40 GPa, far higher than any previous in situ study. We show the clear formation of extended low-dimensional carbonate networks of close CO32– pairs and the emergence of amore »
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- Univ. of Manchester at Harwell, Oxfordshire (United Kingdom); Sheffield Hallam Univ. (United Kingdom)
- Sheffield Hallam Univ. (United Kingdom)
- Univ. of Oxford (United Kingdom)
- Ehime Univ. (Japan); Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States)
- Univ. of Bristol (United Kingdom)
- State Univ. of New York (SUNY), Stony Brook, NY (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); NERC Thematic Grant
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1597989
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; EAR-1722495; FG02-99ER45775; EP/R036225/1; EP/L015722/1; NE/M000419/1; NE/P002951/1
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- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Scientific Reports
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 9; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- ENGLISH
- Subject:
- 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; computational chemistry; petrology; structure of solids and liquids
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Wilding, Martin, Bingham, Paul A., Wilson, Mark, Kono, Yoshio, Drewitt, James W. E., Brooker, Richard A., and Parise, John B. CO3+1 network formation in ultra-high pressure carbonate liquids. United States: N. p., 2019.
Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-51306-6.
Wilding, Martin, Bingham, Paul A., Wilson, Mark, Kono, Yoshio, Drewitt, James W. E., Brooker, Richard A., & Parise, John B. CO3+1 network formation in ultra-high pressure carbonate liquids. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51306-6
Wilding, Martin, Bingham, Paul A., Wilson, Mark, Kono, Yoshio, Drewitt, James W. E., Brooker, Richard A., and Parise, John B. Mon .
"CO3+1 network formation in ultra-high pressure carbonate liquids". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-51306-6. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1597989.
@article{osti_1597989,
title = {CO3+1 network formation in ultra-high pressure carbonate liquids},
author = {Wilding, Martin and Bingham, Paul A. and Wilson, Mark and Kono, Yoshio and Drewitt, James W. E. and Brooker, Richard A. and Parise, John B.},
abstractNote = {Carbonate liquids are an important class of molten salts, not just for industrial applications, but also in geological processes. Carbonates are generally expected to be simple liquids, in terms of ionic interactions between the molecular carbonate anions and metal cations, and therefore relatively structureless compared to more “polymerized” silicate melts. But there is increasing evidence from phase relations, metal solubility, glass spectroscopy and simulations to suggest the emergence of carbonate “networks” at length scales longer than the component molecular anions. The stability of these emergent structures are known to be sensitive to temperature, but are also predicted to be favoured by pressure. This is important as a recent study suggests that subducted surface carbonate may melt near the Earth’s transition zone (~44 km), representing a barrier to the deep carbon cycle depending on the buoyancy and viscosity of these liquids. In this study we demonstrate a major advance in our understanding of carbonate liquids by combining simulations and high pressure measurements on a carbonate glass, (K2CO3-MgCO3) to pressures in excess of 40 GPa, far higher than any previous in situ study. We show the clear formation of extended low-dimensional carbonate networks of close CO32– pairs and the emergence of a “three plus one” local coordination environment, producing an unexpected increase in viscosity with pressure. Although carbonate melts may still be buoyant in the lower mantle, an increased viscosity by at least three orders of magnitude will restrict the upward mobility, possibly resulting in entrainment by the down-going slab.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-019-51306-6},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 9,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}
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