Reevaluating CaCO3 Behavior at High Pressure: Formation of Ca2CO4 under Reduced Conditions
摘要
Due to its importance for the global carbon cycle, the behavior of CaCO3 under high pressures and temperatures has been extensively studied. Previous research has suggested the possibility of a transition to a disordered phase and/or amorphization of CaCO3. In our experiments, conducted using a multi-anvil apparatus with a boron nitride (BN) capsule, we also observed the disappearance of almost all diffraction peaks at pressures of ~27 GPa within a specific temperature range. However, at 1773 K, numerous diffraction peaks reappeared. The observed diffraction pattern could be perfectly indexed by more than 20 diffraction peaks, matching the structure of Ca2CO4-