skip to main content
OSTI.GOV title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: HP-PdF2-type FeCl2 as a potential Cl-carrier in the deep Earth

Journal Article · · American Mineralogist
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2138/am-2022-8283· OSTI ID:1909017

Here, we report for the first time the formation of a HP-PdF2-type FeCl2 phase (space group Pa$$\bar{3}$$), through high pressure-temperature (P-T) reactions in the hydrous systems (Mg0.6Fe0.4)SiO3–H2O–NaCl and FeO2H–NaCl in a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell up to 108 GPa and 2000 K. Applying single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis to individual submicrometer-sized grains, we have successfully determined the crystal structure of the as-synthesized FeCl2 phase, in agreement with our theoretical structure search results. In situ high P-T XRD data revealed the substitution of Cl for OH(O) in such a cubic Pa$$\bar{3}$$ structure, demonstrating that this topology is a potential host for both H and Cl in the deep Earth. The chemical analysis of the recovered sample showed that the post-perovskite phase contains considerable amounts of Na2O and Fe2O3. The coexistence of the cubic FeCl2 phase and post-perovskite suggests that the lowermost mantle could be a potential reservoir of Cl. The possible presence of volatiles such as H and Cl in the deep lower mantle would impact the composition and iron valence state of the post-perovskite phase.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-06CH11357; 41902033; 41574080; 11774015; U1530402; EAR-1634415; FG02-94ER14466
OSTI ID:
1909017
Journal Information:
American Mineralogist, Vol. 107, Issue 2; ISSN 0003-004X
Publisher:
Mineralogical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (41)

Hydrogen-bearing iron peroxide and the origin of ultralow-velocity zones journal November 2017
Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple journal October 1996
Dehydration of subducting serpentinite: Implications for halogen mobility in subduction zones and the deep halogen cycle journal August 2011
Fluorine solubility in bridgmanite: A potential fluorine reservoir in the Earth's mantle journal December 2018
Grain boundaries as reservoirs of incompatible elements in the Earth's mantle journal February 2004
Ice-VII inclusions in diamonds: Evidence for aqueous fluid in Earth’s deep mantle journal March 2018
Efficiency of ab-initio total energy calculations for metals and semiconductors using a plane-wave basis set journal July 1996
Seawater cycled throughout Earth’s mantle in partially serpentinized lithosphere journal February 2017
FeO2 and FeOOH under deep lower-mantle conditions and Earth’s oxygen–hydrogen cycles journal June 2016
Development of High-Pressure Multigrain X-Ray Diffraction for Exploring the Earth’s Interior journal June 2019
Advanced flat top laser heating system for high pressure research at GSECARS: application to the melting behavior of germanium journal September 2008
Chorine stable isotope variations in Izu Bonin tephra: Implications for serpentinite subduction journal April 2010
Low intensity conduction states in FeS 2 : implications for absorption, open-circuit voltage and surface recombination journal October 2013
CO2-induced destabilization of pyrite-structured FeO2Hx in the lower mantle journal March 2018
Toward an internally consistent pressure scale journal May 2007
Revealing the Complex Nature of Bonding in the Binary High-Pressure Compound FeO 2 journal March 2021
Structures and Stability of Iron Halides at the Earth’s Mantle and Core Pressures: Implications for the Missing Halogen Paradox journal May 2018
Inhomogeneous Electron Gas journal November 1964
New developments in laser-heated diamond anvil cell with in situ synchrotron x-ray diffraction at High Pressure Collaborative Access Team journal July 2015
Understanding seismic heterogeneities in the lower mantle beneath the Americas from seismic tomography and plate tectonic history journal January 2007
The Chlorine Isotope Composition of the Moon and Implications for an Anhydrous Mantle journal August 2010
Universal metastability of the low-spin state in Co2+systems: Non-Mott type pressure-induced spin-state transition in CoCl2 journal March 2014
Stability of Fe-bearing hydrous phases and element partitioning in the system MgO–Al2O3–Fe2O3–SiO2–H2O in Earth's lowermost mantle journal October 2019
Chlorine in wadsleyite and ringwoodite: An experimental study journal June 2017
In situ determination of crystal structure and chemistry of minerals at Earth's deep lower mantle conditions journal May 2017
Phase transition and density of subducted MORB crust in the lower mantle journal August 2005
When water meets iron at Earth's core–mantle boundary journal September 2017
Pressure-induced structural, electronic, and magnetic phase transitions in FeCl 2 studied by x-ray diffraction and resistivity measurements journal June 2009
Effects of Fe-enrichment on the equation of state and stability of (Mg,Fe)SiO3 perovskite journal January 2013
Chemical Reactions Between Fe and H 2 O up to Megabar Pressures and Implications for Water Storage in the Earth's Mantle and Core journal February 2018
How Evolutionary Crystal Structure Prediction Works—and Why journal March 2011
Modulated phases and proton centring in ice observed by X-ray diffraction up to 170?GPa journal February 1999
Metal-insulator transition and the role of electron correlation in FeO 2 journal February 2017
High salinity fluid inclusions formed from recycled seawater in deeply subducted alpine serpentinite journal May 1997
The pyrite-type high-pressure form of FeOOH journal July 2017
Interaction Between FeOOH and NaCl at Extreme Conditions: Synthesis of Novel Na2FeCl4OHx Compound journal January 2020
A strong lateral shear velocity gradient and anisotropy heterogeneity in the lowermost mantle beneath the southern Pacific journal March 2006
Tiny droplets of ocean island basalts unveil Earth’s deep chlorine cycle journal January 2019
Deep fluids in subduction zones journal January 2001
The Chlorine Isotope Composition of Earth's Mantle journal March 2008
Self-Consistent Equations Including Exchange and Correlation Effects journal November 1965

Similar Records

Stability of Fe-bearing hydrous phases and element partitioning in the system MgO–Al2O3–Fe2O3–SiO2–H2O in Earth’s lowermost mantle
Journal Article · Fri Aug 02 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · OSTI ID:1909017

Superionic iron oxide–hydroxide in Earth’s deep mantle
Journal Article · Mon Mar 08 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Nature Geoscience · OSTI ID:1909017

Discovery of a hexagonal ultradense hydrous phase in (Fe,Al)OOH
Journal Article · Mon Mar 05 00:00:00 EST 2018 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · OSTI ID:1909017