The phase diagram of NiSi under the conditions of small planetary interiors
The phase diagram of NiSi under the conditions of small planetary interiors
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DOI:
10.1016/j.pepi.2016.10.005
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发表时间:
2016-12-01
影响因子:
2.3
通讯作者:
Mezouar, Mohamed
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作者:
Dobson, David P.;Hunt, Simon A.;Mezouar, Mohamed
The phase diagram of NiSi has been determined using in situ synchrotron X-ray powder diffraction multi anvil experiments to 19 GPa, with further preliminary results in the laser-heated diamond cell reported to 60 GPa. The low-pressure MnP-structured phase transforms to two different high-pressure phases depending on the temperature: the epsilon-FeSi structure is stable at temperatures above similar to 1100 K and a previously reported distorted-CuTi structure (with Pmmn symmetry) is stable at lower temperature. The invariant point is located at 12.8 +/- 0.2 GPa and 1100 +/- 20 K. At higher pressures, epsilon-FeSi-structured NiSi transforms to the CsCl structure with CsCl-NiSi as the liquidus phase above 30 GPa. The Clapeyron slope of this transition is -67 MPa/K. The phase boundary between the epsilon-FeSi and Pmmn structured phases is nearly pressure independent implying there will be a second sub-solidus invariant point between CsCl, epsilon-FeSi and Pmmn structures at higher pressure than attained in this study. In addition to these stable phases, the MnP structure was observed to spontaneously transform at room temperature to a new orthorhombic structure (also with Pnma symmetry) which had been detailed in previous ab initio simulations. This new phase of NiSi is shown here to be metastable. (C) 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.