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PbAl3(PO4)2(OH,H2O)6, an important environmental mineral, is in-situ studied by synchrotron x-ray diffraction (XRD) and Raman scattering combined with diamond anvil cells (DACs) at pressures up to ∼11.0 GPa and room temperature. The XRD results indicate that plumbogummite does not undergo a phase transition between 0 GPa and 10.9 GPa. Moreover, the c axis is more compressible than the a axis, revealing its anisotropic behavior. The pressure-volume data are fitted to the third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state to yield the plumbogummite bulk modulus
Plumbogummite group is an important phosphorus source and can be found in sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic rocks and in soils.[1–3] Its chemical formula is XAl3(PO4)2(OH, H2O)6, where X can be Ca, Sr, Ba, Pb, or a rare earth element.[4] Plumbogummite is the prototype mineral with the chemical formula PbAl3(PO4)2(OH, H2O)6. It is thermodynamically stable on the Earth’s surface[5,6] and is the predominant Pb mineral in soils, accounting for 43–51% of their total Pb content.[3] The plumbogummite crystal phase is trigonal with a space group of
XRD and Raman spectroscopy are powerful techniques for exploring structural and vibrational properties.[9–13] Several XRD and/or Raman investigations of [PO4]3−-containing minerals have appeared in the literature.[14,15] For example, high-pressure Raman scattering was employed to determine the changes in the structure and pressure coefficients of the phosphate modes in Ba3(PO4)2, Sr3(PO4)2, and K2MgWO2(PO4)2.[16,17] Moreover, the axial compressibilities and bulk moduli of Sr3(PO4)2 and Pb3(PO4)2 were obtained from high-pressure XRD experiments.[18,19]
Frost et al. first analyzed plumbogummite by Raman scattering at ambient temperature and pressure.[20] Minerals containing Al3+ cations and [OH]− and [PO4]3− groups, such as taranakite ((K,NH
XRD studies of plumbogummite were conducted under ambient conditions to determine its structure.[4,27–29] However, unlike minerals containing only [PO4]3− groups, which have been extensively studied under high-pressure conditions, only a few high-pressure XRD and Raman investigations of plumbogummite-type minerals, even those containing [OH]− and [PO4]3− groups, have been performed. To study the high-pressure behavior of plumbogummite, high-pressure synchrotron XRD and Raman scattering studies were performed in situ in a DAC at pressures ranging from 0 GPa to approximately 11.0 GPa to simulate hydrostatic pressure. The axial compressibilities, bulk moduli and changes in the Raman vibrational modes of plumbogummite at room temperature and high pressures were determined from the experimental results.
A natural plumbogummite sample was purchased from a trustworthy market; however, the place of origin was unknown. The plumbogummite structure under ambient conditions was characterized by XRD, and all the peaks were indexed to a trigonal phase with lattice constants of
Symmetrical DACs with
Zero- and high-pressure XRD experiments were performed at beamline 15U at Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF). A monochromatic x-ray beam with a wavelength of 0.6199 Å was focused on a
Plumbogummite XRD patterns are collected at room temperature at pressures up to 10.9 GPa. Figure
The plumbogummite lattice parameters measured at different pressures are listed in Table
The correlation between the plumbogummite unit cell volume and the pressure is obtained by fitting the third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state to the data:[33]
Raman spectra of plumbogummite were collected in a range of 150–1250 cm−1 at various pressures (Fig.
A regular PO4 tetrahedron exhibits Raman vibrational modes at 938 cm−1 (
The predominant bands in the plumbogummite Raman spectrum are due to the [PO4]3− and [HPO4]2− vibrational modes. The Raman bands at 190, 253, and 279 cm−1 are due to lattice vibrations, and the peaks at 253 and 279 cm−1 might be associated with the [OH]− group. The Pb-O and Al-O stretching modes are observed at 369 and 393 cm−1, respectively. The symmetric bending modes of [PO4]3−
Although Frost et al.[20] assigned the plumbogummite bands at 980 and 1023 cm−1 to
Frost et al.[20] observed a series of Raman peaks due to the [OH]− stretching vibrations in a range of 2800–3800 cm−1. In this study, Raman data are not collected in this range.
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The Raman band at 712 cm−1 undergoes a small shift to lower wavenumbers, implying that the O-H bond in [OH]− group becomes slightly longer as pressure increases. Most of the vibrational modes of [PO4]3− group are blue-shifted with pressurization, indicating that the bond lengths in [PO4]3− group become shorter. However, the Raman band at 1164 cm−1 (
The Grüneisen parameter (
In this equation,
The high-pressure behavior of plumbogummite is investigated by synchrotron radiation XRD and Raman spectroscopy experiments at room temperature using DACs. The results show that plumbogummite does not undergo a phase transition in the pressure range of 0–10.9 GPa. Moreover, the compressibility of the c axis is higher than that of the a axis in this pressure range. The data are fitted with the third-order Birch-Murnaghan equation of state to give the following results:
In the plumbogummite Raman spectrum, the [PO4]3− symmetric (
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