TY - JOUR
T1 - Compression of single-crystal magnesium oxide to 118 GPa and a ruby pressure gauge for helium pressure media
AU - Jacobsen, Steven D.
AU - Holl, Christopher M.
AU - Adams, Kimberly A.
AU - Fischer, Rebecca A.
AU - Martin, Emily S.
AU - Bina, Craig R.
AU - Lin, Jung Fu
AU - Prakapenka, Vitali B.
AU - Kubo, Atsushi
AU - Dera, Przemyslaw
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - The pressure-volume equation of state (EoS) of single-crystal MgO has been studied in diamond-anvil cells loaded with helium to 118 GPa and in a non-hydrostatic KCl pressure medium to 87 GPa using monochromatic synchrotron X-ray diffraction. A third-order Birch-Mumaghan fit to the non-hydrostatic P-V data (KCl medium) yields typical results for the initial volume, V0 = 74.698(7) Å3, bulk modulus, KT0 = 164(1) GPa, and pressure derivative, K′ = 4.05(4), using the non-hydrostatic ruby pressure gauge of Mao et al. (1978). However, compression of MgO in helium yields V0 = 74.697(6) Å3, KT0 = 159.6(6) GPa, and K′ = 3.74(3) using the quasi-hydrostatic ruby gauge of Mao et al. (1986). In helium, the fitted equation of state of MgO underdetermines the pressure by 8% at 100 GPa when compared with the primary MgO pressure scale of Zha et al. (2000), with KT0 = 160.2 GPa and K′ = 4.03. The results suggest that either the compression mechanism of MgO changes above 40 GPa (in helium), or the ruby pressure gauge requires adjustment for the softer helium pressure medium. We propose a ruby pressure gauge for helium based on shift of the ruby-R1 fluorescence line (Δλ/λ 0) and the primary MgO pressure scale, with P (GPa) = A /B{[1 + (Δλ/λ0)]B - 1}, where A is fixed to 1904 GPa and B = 10.32(7).
AB - The pressure-volume equation of state (EoS) of single-crystal MgO has been studied in diamond-anvil cells loaded with helium to 118 GPa and in a non-hydrostatic KCl pressure medium to 87 GPa using monochromatic synchrotron X-ray diffraction. A third-order Birch-Mumaghan fit to the non-hydrostatic P-V data (KCl medium) yields typical results for the initial volume, V0 = 74.698(7) Å3, bulk modulus, KT0 = 164(1) GPa, and pressure derivative, K′ = 4.05(4), using the non-hydrostatic ruby pressure gauge of Mao et al. (1978). However, compression of MgO in helium yields V0 = 74.697(6) Å3, KT0 = 159.6(6) GPa, and K′ = 3.74(3) using the quasi-hydrostatic ruby gauge of Mao et al. (1986). In helium, the fitted equation of state of MgO underdetermines the pressure by 8% at 100 GPa when compared with the primary MgO pressure scale of Zha et al. (2000), with KT0 = 160.2 GPa and K′ = 4.03. The results suggest that either the compression mechanism of MgO changes above 40 GPa (in helium), or the ruby pressure gauge requires adjustment for the softer helium pressure medium. We propose a ruby pressure gauge for helium based on shift of the ruby-R1 fluorescence line (Δλ/λ 0) and the primary MgO pressure scale, with P (GPa) = A /B{[1 + (Δλ/λ0)]B - 1}, where A is fixed to 1904 GPa and B = 10.32(7).
KW - Equation of state
KW - Helium pressure medium
KW - MgO
KW - Ruby fluorescence
KW - Static compression
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U2 - 10.2138/am.2008.2988
DO - 10.2138/am.2008.2988
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:58049086575
SN - 0003-004X
VL - 93
SP - 1823
EP - 1828
JO - American Mineralogist
JF - American Mineralogist
IS - 11-12
ER -