Grain growth kinetics of dolomite, magnesite and calcite: a comparative study
Grain growth kinetics of dolomite, magnesite and calcite: a comparative study
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DOI:
10.1007/s00269-010-0389-9
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发表时间:
2011-02
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1.4
通讯作者:
N. E. Davis;N. E. Davis;J. Newman;P. B. Wheelock;P. B. Wheelock;A. Kronenberg
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N. E. Davis;N. E. Davis;J. Newman;P. B. Wheelock;P. B. Wheelock;A. Kronenberg
The rates of grain growth of stoichiometric dolomite [CaMg(CO3)2] and magnesite (MgCO3) have been measured at temperaturesTof 700–800°C at a confining pressurePcof 300 MPa, and compared with growth rates of calcite (CaCO3). Dry, fine-grained aggregates of the three carbonates were synthesized from high purity powders by hot isostatic pressing (HIP); initial mean grain sizes of HIP-synthesized carbonates were 1.4, 1.1, and 17 μm, respectively, for CaMg(CO3)2, MgCO3, and CaCO3, with porosities of 2, 28, and 0.04% by volume. Grain sizes of all carbonates coarsened during subsequent isostatic annealing, with mean values reaching 3.9, 5.1, and 27 μm for CaMg(CO3)2, MgCO3, and CaCO3, respectively, in 1 week. Grain growth of dolomite is much slower than the growth rates of magnesite or calcite; assuming normal grain growth andn= 3 for all three carbonates, the rate constantKfor dolomite (≃5 × 10−5μm3/s) atT= 800°C is less than that for magnesite by a factor of ~30 and less than that for calcite by three orders of magnitude. Variations in carbonate grain growth may be affected by differences in cation composition and densities of pores at grain boundaries that decrease grain boundary mobility. However, rates of coarsening correlate best with the extent of solid solution;Kis the largest for calcite with extensive Mg substitution for Ca, whileKis the smallest for dolomite with negligible solid solution. Secondary phases may nucleate at advancing dolomite grain boundaries, with implications for deformation processes, rheology, and reaction kinetics of carbonates.