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Elastic and anelastic anomalies in (Ca,Sr)TiO3 perovskites: Analogue behaviour for silicate perovskites |
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| Authors: | JN Walsh PA Taylor A Buckley TW Darling J Schreuer MA Carpenter |
| Institution: | aDepartment of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EQ, UK bDepartment of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, NV 89577, USA cRuhr-Universität Bochum, Institute of Geology, Mineralogy and Geophysics, D-44780 Bochum, Germany |
| Abstract: | Values of bulk modulus (K), shear modulus (G) and mechanical quality factor (Q) have been determined for polycrystalline samples across the CaTiO3 (CST0)–SrTiO3 (CST100) solid solution by resonant ultrasound spectroscopy. Because of similarities with low frequency elastic and anelastic anomalies due to twin wall motion reported in previous studies, a working hypothesis is developed in which dissipation processes are interpreted in terms of twin wall displacements. At high temperatures in CST50 the stability field of the I4/mcm structure is marked by the disappearance of all resonance peaks (superattenuation). This is attributed to anelastic domain wall sliding. At room temperature the I4/mcm phase of CST70 and CST80 has values of G which are lower than those of cubic or orthorhombic phases, and a concomitant drop in Q is interpreted as implying that the domain wall pinning process reported elsewhere to occur below  400–450 K is only partial. A similar drop in G and Q was found in CST95 below the 238 K. The I4/mcm ↔ Pbcm transition in CST70 at 230 K is marked by an abrupt increase in Q, suggesting that mobile twins in crystals with the I4/mcm structure become effectively immobile in antiferroelectric crystals with the Pbcm structure. The I4/mcm ↔ Pnma transition in CST50 is marked by a similarly abrupt increase in Q, consistent with twin walls becoming effectively immobile also in crystals with the Pnma structure. A fall in Q below 800 K in CST0, however, could imply that a degree of twin wall mobility might develop in Pnma crystals if the tetragonal spontaneous strain departs significantly from zero. The remarkable attenuation behaviour of crystals with the I4/mcm structure at the relatively low stress conditions which apply during resonances of a parallelepiped with edge dimensions of 2–4 mm, is consistent with the view that a characteristic signature for tetragonal CaSiO3 in the Earth's lower mantle should be a marked attenuation of seismic waves. |
| Keywords: | CaTiO3–SrTiO3 solid solution Phase transitions Superattenuation Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy |
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