Hydrogen sites in the dense hydrous magnesian silicate phase E: a pulsed neutron powder diffraction study |
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| Authors: | Naotaka Tomioka Takuo Okuchi Narangoo Purevjav Jun Abe Stefanus Harjo |
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| Institution: | 1.Institute for Study of the Earth’s Interior,Okayama University,Misasa,Japan;2.Kochi Institute for Core Sample Research,Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology,Nankoku,Japan;3.J-PARC Center,Japan Atomic Energy Agency,Naka,Japan;4.Research Center for Neutron Science and Technology,Comprehensive Research Organization for Science and Society,Naka,Japan |
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| Abstract: | Hydrogen site positions and occupancy in the crystal structure of dense hydrous magnesium silicate (DHMS) phase E were determined for the first time by pulsed neutron powder diffraction. A fully deuterated pure phase E powder sample, which had space group \(R\overline{3} m\) and lattice parameters of a = 2.97065(8) Å and c = 13.9033(4) Å, was synthesized at 15 GPa and 1100 °C. Through quantitative evaluation of refined structure parameters obtained with sufficient spatial resolution and very high signal-to-background ratio, we conclude that the O–D dipoles in the refined phase E structure are tilted by 24° from the direction normal to the layers of edge-shared MgO6 octahedra (octahedral layers). The tilted dipole structure of phase E is in remarkable contrast to that of brucite, Mg(OH)2, which has dipoles exactly normal to the octahedral layer. This contrast exists because the O–Si–O bonding unique in the phase E structure connects two adjacent octahedral layers and thereby reduces the interlayer O···O distance. This shrinkage of the interlayer distance induces the tilting of the O–D dipole and also generates unique O–D···O hydrogen bonding connecting all the layers in the phase E structure. |
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