Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles
Abstract
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 densitiesmore »
- Authors:
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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)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States); Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- 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)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1774485
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1838368
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357; NA0003975
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 126; Journal Issue: 2; Journal ID: ISSN 2169-9313
- Publisher:
- American Geophysical Union
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 58 GEOSCIENCES; Deep‐Earth Nitrogen; Diamond Anvil Cell; High Pressure; Nitrides; Thermal Equation of State; TiN
Citation Formats
Daviau, Kierstin, Fischer, Rebecca A., Brennan, Matthew C., Dong, Junjie, Suer, Terry‐Ann, Couper, Samantha, Meng, Yue, and Prakapenka, Vitali B. Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1029/2020jb020074.
Daviau, Kierstin, Fischer, Rebecca A., Brennan, Matthew C., Dong, Junjie, Suer, Terry‐Ann, Couper, Samantha, Meng, Yue, & Prakapenka, Vitali B. Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles. United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jb020074
Daviau, Kierstin, Fischer, Rebecca A., Brennan, Matthew C., Dong, Junjie, Suer, Terry‐Ann, Couper, Samantha, Meng, Yue, and Prakapenka, Vitali B. Tue .
"Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles". United States. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020jb020074. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1774485.
@article{osti_1774485,
title = {Equation of State of TiN at High Pressures and Temperatures: A Possible Host for Nitrogen in Planetary Mantles},
author = {Daviau, Kierstin and Fischer, Rebecca A. and Brennan, Matthew C. and Dong, Junjie and Suer, Terry‐Ann and Couper, Samantha and Meng, Yue and Prakapenka, Vitali B.},
abstractNote = {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.},
doi = {10.1029/2020jb020074},
journal = {Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth},
number = 2,
volume = 126,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Dec 15 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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