Shocked quartz: A {sup 29}Si magic-angle-spinning nuclear magnetic resonance study
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States). Physics and Space Technology Directorate
- Stanford Univ., CA (United States). Dept. of Geological and Environmental Sciences
Quantitative {sup 29}Si NMR spectra of single-crystal {alpha}-quartz, shock compressed to 12--38 GPa and recovered, provide new information about the complex response of quartz to shock loading. Spectra from samples recovered from shock pressures of 12--20 GPa show a broadening of the {sup 29}Si NMR peak and the development of asymmetry toward lower NMR frequency (indicating an increase in the mean Si-O-Si intertetrahedral bond angle). NMR spectra of samples shock compressed above {approximately}25 GPa show increasing amounts of a separate amorphous phase of SiO{sub 2} with a mean Si-O-Si bond angle roughly 5{degree} narrower, and 10--15% denser, than fused SiO{sub 2}. Small amounts of crystalline material remain with a mean Si-O-Si bond angle up to 3{degree} larger than unshocked {alpha}-quartz. The recovery of dense glass indicates that post-shock temperatures were sufficiently low to also preserve stishovite, had any been created in the experiments. The paucity of stishovite or Si in an amorphous phase in the recovered samples suggests that the formation of stable, high-coordinated Si is kinetically hindered in shock compression experiments up to about 35--40 GPa, except in regions of high temperature, such as planar deformation features (PDFs), microfaults (pseudotachylites), or voids.
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 343759
- Journal Information:
- American Mineralogist, Vol. 83, Issue 11-12Pt1; Other Information: PBD: Nov-Dec 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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