In situ X-Ray Diffraction of Shock-Compressed Fused Silica
Abstract
Because of its widespread applications in materials science and geophysics, SiO 2 has been extensively examined under shock compression. Both quartz and fused silica transform through a so-called “mixed-phase region” to a dense, low compressibility high-pressure phase. For decades, the nature of this phase has been a subject of debate. Proposed structures include crystalline stishovite, another high-pressure crystalline phase, or a dense amorphous phase. Here we use plate-impact experiments and pulsed synchrotron x-ray diffraction to examine the structure of fused silica shock compressed to 63 GPa. In contrast to recent laser-driven compression experiments, we find that fused silica adopts a dense amorphous structure at 34 GPa and below. When compressed above 34 GPa, fused silica transforms to untextured polycrystalline stishovite. Our results can explain previously ambiguous features of the shock-compression behavior of fused silica and are consistent with recent molecular dynamics simulations. Stishovite grain sizes are estimated to be ~5–30nm for compression over a few hundred nanosecond time scale.
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- Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
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- Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA (United States)
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- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
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- 1464952
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- OSTI ID: 1430380; OSTI ID: 1476635
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- NA0002442; NA0002007; AC02-06CH11357
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- Physical Review Letters
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- Journal Volume: 120; Journal Issue: 13; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
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- American Physical Society (APS)
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- United States
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- English
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- 58 GEOSCIENCES
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Tracy, Sally June, Turneaure, Stefan J., and Duffy, Thomas S. In situ X-Ray Diffraction of Shock-Compressed Fused Silica. United States: N. p., 2018.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.135702.
Tracy, Sally June, Turneaure, Stefan J., & Duffy, Thomas S. In situ X-Ray Diffraction of Shock-Compressed Fused Silica. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.135702
Tracy, Sally June, Turneaure, Stefan J., and Duffy, Thomas S. Thu .
"In situ X-Ray Diffraction of Shock-Compressed Fused Silica". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.135702. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1464952.
@article{osti_1464952,
title = {In situ X-Ray Diffraction of Shock-Compressed Fused Silica},
author = {Tracy, Sally June and Turneaure, Stefan J. and Duffy, Thomas S.},
abstractNote = {Because of its widespread applications in materials science and geophysics, SiO 2 has been extensively examined under shock compression. Both quartz and fused silica transform through a so-called “mixed-phase region” to a dense, low compressibility high-pressure phase. For decades, the nature of this phase has been a subject of debate. Proposed structures include crystalline stishovite, another high-pressure crystalline phase, or a dense amorphous phase. Here we use plate-impact experiments and pulsed synchrotron x-ray diffraction to examine the structure of fused silica shock compressed to 63 GPa. In contrast to recent laser-driven compression experiments, we find that fused silica adopts a dense amorphous structure at 34 GPa and below. When compressed above 34 GPa, fused silica transforms to untextured polycrystalline stishovite. Our results can explain previously ambiguous features of the shock-compression behavior of fused silica and are consistent with recent molecular dynamics simulations. Stishovite grain sizes are estimated to be ~5–30nm for compression over a few hundred nanosecond time scale.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.135702},
journal = {Physical Review Letters},
number = 13,
volume = 120,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Thu Mar 29 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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FIG. 1: Azimuthally integrated X-ray diffraction data collected for a series of plate impact experiments with peak stress states between 17 and 63 GPa. Stishovite peaks are labelled with hkl values.
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