Pressure-induced phase transition of wulfenite
- Received Date: 2008-12-18
- Accepted Date: 2009-03-30
- Available Online: 2009-11-05
Abstract:
The in-situ high-pressure structures of wulfenite have been investigated by means of angular dispersive X-ray diffraction with diamond anvil cell and synchrotron radiation. In the pressure up to 22.9 GPa, a pressure-induced scheelite-to-fergusonite transition is observed at about 10.6 GPa. The pressure dependence for the lattice parameters of wulfenite is reported, and the axial compression coefficients Ka0=-1.36×10-3 GPa-1 and Kc0= -2.78×10-3 GPa-1 are given. The room-temperature isothermal bulk modulus is also obtained by fitting the P-V data using the Murnaghan equation of state.