Structure and compressibility of synthetic ZnAl2O4 (gahnite) under high-pressure conditions, from synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction

D. Levy, A. Pavese, A. Sani, V. Pischedda

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Abstract

The structural behavior of synthetic gahnite (ZnAl2O4) has been investigated by X-ray powder diffraction at high pressure (0-43 GPa) and room temperature, on the ID9 beamline at ESRF. The equation of state of gahnite has been derived using the models of Birch-Murnaghan, Vinet and Poirier-Tarantola, and the results have been mutually compared (the elastic bulk modulus and its derivatives versus P determined by the third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state are K0 = 201.7(±0.9) GPa, K10 = 7.62(±0.09) and K110 = -0.1022 GPa-1 (implied value). The compressibilities of the tetrahedral and octahedral bond lengths [0.00188(8) and 0.00142(5) GPa-1 at P = O, respectively], and the polyhedral volume compressibilities of the four- and sixfold coordination sites [0.0057(2) and 0.0041 (2) GPa-1 at P = O, respectively] are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)612-618
Number of pages7
JournalPhysics and Chemistry of Minerals
Volume28
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • EoS
  • Structural behaviour at HP
  • Synthetic-gahnite

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