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Title: Temperature-induced amorphization in CaCO3 at high pressure and implications for recycled CaCO3 in subduction zones

Abstract

Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) significantly affects the properties of upper mantle and plays a key role in deep carbon recycling. However, its phase relations above 3 GPa and 1000 K are controversial. Here we report a reversible temperature-induced aragonite-amorphization transition in CaCO3 at 3.9-7.5 GPa and temperature above 1000 K. Amorphous CaCO3 shares a similar structure as liquid CaCO3 but with much larger C-O and Ca-Ca bond lengths, indicating a lower density and a mechanism of lattice collapse for the temperature-induced amorphous phase. The less dense amorphous phase compared with the liquid provides an explanation for the observed CaCO3 melting curve overturn at about 6 GPa. Amorphous CaCO3 is stable at subduction zone conditions and could aid the recycling of carbon to the surface.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]; ORCiD logo [5];  [6];  [2];  [2];  [7]
  1. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
  2. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China)
  3. Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States)
  4. CEA Key Laboratory of Earthquake Prediction, Institute of Earthquake Science, Beijing (China)
  5. Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Argonne, IL (United States)
  6. Center for High Pressure Science and Technology Advanced Research, Shanghai (China); Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States)
  7. Carnegie Inst. of Washington, Washington, DC (United States); Ehime Univ., Matsuyama (Japan)
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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1559210
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-05CH11231; NA0001974; AC02-06CH11357; FG02-99ER45775
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Nature Communications
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES

Citation Formats

Hou, Mingqiang, Zhang, Qian, Tao, Renbiao, Liu, Hong, Kono, Yoshio, Mao, Ho-kwang, Yang, Wenge, Chen, Bin, and Fei, Yingwei. Temperature-induced amorphization in CaCO3 at high pressure and implications for recycled CaCO3 in subduction zones. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09742-5.
Hou, Mingqiang, Zhang, Qian, Tao, Renbiao, Liu, Hong, Kono, Yoshio, Mao, Ho-kwang, Yang, Wenge, Chen, Bin, & Fei, Yingwei. Temperature-induced amorphization in CaCO3 at high pressure and implications for recycled CaCO3 in subduction zones. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09742-5
Hou, Mingqiang, Zhang, Qian, Tao, Renbiao, Liu, Hong, Kono, Yoshio, Mao, Ho-kwang, Yang, Wenge, Chen, Bin, and Fei, Yingwei. Mon . "Temperature-induced amorphization in CaCO3 at high pressure and implications for recycled CaCO3 in subduction zones". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09742-5. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1559210.
@article{osti_1559210,
title = {Temperature-induced amorphization in CaCO3 at high pressure and implications for recycled CaCO3 in subduction zones},
author = {Hou, Mingqiang and Zhang, Qian and Tao, Renbiao and Liu, Hong and Kono, Yoshio and Mao, Ho-kwang and Yang, Wenge and Chen, Bin and Fei, Yingwei},
abstractNote = {Calcium carbonate (CaCO3) significantly affects the properties of upper mantle and plays a key role in deep carbon recycling. However, its phase relations above 3 GPa and 1000 K are controversial. Here we report a reversible temperature-induced aragonite-amorphization transition in CaCO3 at 3.9-7.5 GPa and temperature above 1000 K. Amorphous CaCO3 shares a similar structure as liquid CaCO3 but with much larger C-O and Ca-Ca bond lengths, indicating a lower density and a mechanism of lattice collapse for the temperature-induced amorphous phase. The less dense amorphous phase compared with the liquid provides an explanation for the observed CaCO3 melting curve overturn at about 6 GPa. Amorphous CaCO3 is stable at subduction zone conditions and could aid the recycling of carbon to the surface.},
doi = {10.1038/s41467-019-09742-5},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = 1,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019},
month = {Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 2019}
}

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