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Title: Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction Study of a Shock-Compressed Iron Meteorite above 100 GPa

Abstract

Natural kamacite samples (Fe92.5Ni7.5) from a fragment of the Gibeon meteorite were studied as a proxy material for terrestrial cores to examine phase transition kinetics under shock compression for a range of different pressures up to 140 GPa. In situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction (XRD) data were collected of a body-centered cubic (bcc) kamacite section that transforms to the high-pressure hexagonal close-packed (hcp) phase with sub-nanosecond temporal resolution. The coarse-grained crystal of kamacite rapidly transformed to highly oriented crystallites of the hcp phase at maximum compression. The hcp phase persisted for as long as 9.5 ns following shock release. Comparing the c/a ratio with previous static and dynamic work on Fe and Fe-rich Fe-Ni alloys, it was found that some shots exhibit a larger than ideal c/a ratio, up to nearly 1.65. This work represents the first time-resolved laser shock compression structural study of a natural iron meteorite, relevant for understanding the dynamic material properties of metallic planetary bodies during impact events and Earth’s core elasticity.

Authors:
ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [3]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2]; ORCiD logo [2];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]; ORCiD logo [3];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [2];  [1]; ORCiD logo [5]
  1. Stanford Univ., CA (United States)
  2. SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  4. Unite Materiaux et Transformations Cite scientifique, Lille (France)
  5. Stanford Univ., CA (United States); SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
SLAC National Accelerator Lab., Menlo Park, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Fusion Energy Sciences (FES); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1818486
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1784599
Report Number(s):
minerals-1200882
Journal ID: ISSN 2075-163X; EAR0738873; Reines; TRN: US2213972
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-76SF00515; EAR0738873; SF00515; AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Minerals
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 11; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2075-163X
Publisher:
MDPI
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ultrafast x-ray diffraction; laser shock compression; iron meteorite

Citation Formats

Tecklenburg, Sabrina, Colina-Ruiz, Roberto, Hok, Sovanndara, Bolme, Cynthia, Galtier, Eric, Granados, Eduardo, Hashim, Akel, Lee, Hae Ja, Merkel, Sébastien, Morrow, Benjamin, Nagler, Bob, Ramos, Kyle, Rittman, Dylan, Walroth, Richard, Mao, Wendy L., and Gleason, Arianna E. Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction Study of a Shock-Compressed Iron Meteorite above 100 GPa. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.3390/min11060567.
Tecklenburg, Sabrina, Colina-Ruiz, Roberto, Hok, Sovanndara, Bolme, Cynthia, Galtier, Eric, Granados, Eduardo, Hashim, Akel, Lee, Hae Ja, Merkel, Sébastien, Morrow, Benjamin, Nagler, Bob, Ramos, Kyle, Rittman, Dylan, Walroth, Richard, Mao, Wendy L., & Gleason, Arianna E. Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction Study of a Shock-Compressed Iron Meteorite above 100 GPa. United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060567
Tecklenburg, Sabrina, Colina-Ruiz, Roberto, Hok, Sovanndara, Bolme, Cynthia, Galtier, Eric, Granados, Eduardo, Hashim, Akel, Lee, Hae Ja, Merkel, Sébastien, Morrow, Benjamin, Nagler, Bob, Ramos, Kyle, Rittman, Dylan, Walroth, Richard, Mao, Wendy L., and Gleason, Arianna E. Wed . "Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction Study of a Shock-Compressed Iron Meteorite above 100 GPa". United States. https://doi.org/10.3390/min11060567. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1818486.
@article{osti_1818486,
title = {Ultrafast X-ray Diffraction Study of a Shock-Compressed Iron Meteorite above 100 GPa},
author = {Tecklenburg, Sabrina and Colina-Ruiz, Roberto and Hok, Sovanndara and Bolme, Cynthia and Galtier, Eric and Granados, Eduardo and Hashim, Akel and Lee, Hae Ja and Merkel, Sébastien and Morrow, Benjamin and Nagler, Bob and Ramos, Kyle and Rittman, Dylan and Walroth, Richard and Mao, Wendy L. and Gleason, Arianna E.},
abstractNote = {Natural kamacite samples (Fe92.5Ni7.5) from a fragment of the Gibeon meteorite were studied as a proxy material for terrestrial cores to examine phase transition kinetics under shock compression for a range of different pressures up to 140 GPa. In situ time-resolved X-ray diffraction (XRD) data were collected of a body-centered cubic (bcc) kamacite section that transforms to the high-pressure hexagonal close-packed (hcp) phase with sub-nanosecond temporal resolution. The coarse-grained crystal of kamacite rapidly transformed to highly oriented crystallites of the hcp phase at maximum compression. The hcp phase persisted for as long as 9.5 ns following shock release. Comparing the c/a ratio with previous static and dynamic work on Fe and Fe-rich Fe-Ni alloys, it was found that some shots exhibit a larger than ideal c/a ratio, up to nearly 1.65. This work represents the first time-resolved laser shock compression structural study of a natural iron meteorite, relevant for understanding the dynamic material properties of metallic planetary bodies during impact events and Earth’s core elasticity.},
doi = {10.3390/min11060567},
journal = {Minerals},
number = 6,
volume = 11,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Wed May 26 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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