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Raman spectroscopic study of PbCO3 at high pressures and temperatures

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Cerussite (PbCO3) has been investigated by high-pressure and high-temperature Raman spectroscopy up to pressures of 17.2 GPa and temperatures of 723 K. Two pressure induced phase transitions were observed at about 8.0(2) and 16.0(2) GPa, respectively. The post-aragonite transition (PbCO3-II) at 8.0(2) GPa is accompanied by softening of the v 2-out-of-plane mode of the CO 2−3 group and disappearance of the B1g (v 4-in-plane band of the CO 2−3 group) mode. Stronger shifts of the carbonate group modes after the phase transition suggest that the new structure is more compressible. The formation of a second high-pressure polymorph begins at about 10 GPa. It is accompanied by the occurrence of three new bands at different pressures and splitting of the v 1-symmetric C–O stretching mode of the CO 2−3 group. The transitions are reversible on pressure release. A semi-quantitative phase diagram for PbCO3 as a function of pressure and temperature is proposed.

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This research was supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft under project number KN 507/5-1 in the framework of the priority program: “Synthesis, ‘in situ’ characterization and quantum mechanical modeling of Earth Materials, oxides, carbides and nitrides at extremely high pressures and temperatures”.

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  1. Institut fuer Geowissenschaften, CAU zu Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany

    Robert Minch & Wulf Depmeier

  2. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universitaet Bayreuth, 95220, Bayreuth, Germany

    Leonid Dubrovinsky & Alexandr Kurnosov

  3. Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University, 255 Earth and Space Science Building, Stony Brook, NY, 11794-2100, USA

    Lars Ehm

  4. Brookhaven National Laboratory, National Synchrotron Light Source, 75 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY, 11973-5000, USA

    Lars Ehm

  5. Bruker AXS-GmbH, XRD Marketing, Oestliche Rheinbrueckenstr. 49, 76187, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Karsten Knorr

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Minch, R., Dubrovinsky, L., Kurnosov, A. et al. Raman spectroscopic study of PbCO3 at high pressures and temperatures. Phys Chem Minerals 37, 45–56 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-009-0308-0

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