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Pressure-induced phase transition in Mg0.8Fe0.2O ferropericlase

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Combined X-ray powder diffraction, Mössbauer, and XANES spectroscopy in situ experiments revealed the transformation of cubic (Mg0.8Fe0.2)O ferropericlase to a rhombohedrally distorted phase at 35(1) GPa and room temperature. The Mössbauer spectroscopy results show that the rhombohedral distortion does not involve magnetic ordering. Combined with data from the literature, our results imply that the cubic to rhombodedral transition occurs in (Mg,Fe)O under conditions of non-hydrostatic stress over a wide range of composition (0.2≤x Fe≤1).

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Acknowledgement

This study was partly supported by DFG, RFBR, Russian Federation Government support of the leading scientific schools, Swedish Research council (VR), and CNPq (Brazil). The authors would also like to acknowledge G. Hermannsdorfer and H. Fischer for their technical support.

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  1. Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Innokenty Kantor, Leonid Dubrovinsky, Catherine McCammon & Anastasia Kantor

  2. European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, 6 Rue J. Horowitz, BP 220, 38043, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

    Sakura Pascarelli, Giuliana Aquilanti & Wilson Crichton

  3. Condensed Matter Theory Group, Uppsala University, 256, 751 05, Uppsala, Sweden

    Maurizio Mattesini, Rajeev Ahuja & Jailton Almeida

  4. Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049, Madrid, Spain

    Maurizio Mattesini

  5. Department of Crystallography, Moscow State University, GSP-2, Lenin Hills, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    Vadim Urusov

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Kantor, I., Dubrovinsky, L., McCammon, C. et al. Pressure-induced phase transition in Mg0.8Fe0.2O ferropericlase. Phys Chem Minerals 33, 35–44 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-005-0052-z

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