Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal
The mineral CaF<sub>2</sub> is the archetype of the α fluorite structure and its high-pressure phase transition to γ cotunnite is an ideal test bed for exploring the effects of kinetics. The inter-disciplinary topic of the kinetics of dynamically driven phase transitions is at the forefr...
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| author | Pat Kalita Paul E. Specht Justin L. Brown Lena M. Pacheco Josh M. Usher Christopher T. Seagle |
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| description | The mineral CaF<sub>2</sub> is the archetype of the α fluorite structure and its high-pressure phase transition to γ cotunnite is an ideal test bed for exploring the effects of kinetics. The inter-disciplinary topic of the kinetics of dynamically driven phase transitions is at the forefront of condensed matter physics, both for its theoretical importance and its relevance to technological applications at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. Here we probe the α → γ → α structural transformations taking place over the nanosecond timescale of a dynamic event, beginning-to-end: from the principal shock Hugoniot state, followed by a quasi-steady off-Hugoniot release state, and finally the unsteady return to near-ambient conditions. We present quantitative, atomic-scale data of the unfolding of the dynamically driven phase transition and its subsequent reversal close to the α/γ phase boundary. Dynamic loading with a two-stage gas gun is coupled with in situ time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction and with continuum scale velocimetry at the Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS), Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. Our results demonstrate the time dependence of phase transitions and highlight the need for modeling of transition kinetics in dynamically driven processes. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8621d644d6f047439560bccd81245b152023-11-19T12:06:05ZengMDPI AGMinerals2075-163X2023-09-01139122610.3390/min13091226Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic CrystalPat Kalita0Paul E. Specht1Justin L. Brown2Lena M. Pacheco3Josh M. Usher4Christopher T. Seagle5Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USASandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87125, USAThe mineral CaF<sub>2</sub> is the archetype of the α fluorite structure and its high-pressure phase transition to γ cotunnite is an ideal test bed for exploring the effects of kinetics. The inter-disciplinary topic of the kinetics of dynamically driven phase transitions is at the forefront of condensed matter physics, both for its theoretical importance and its relevance to technological applications at extreme conditions of pressure and temperature. Here we probe the α → γ → α structural transformations taking place over the nanosecond timescale of a dynamic event, beginning-to-end: from the principal shock Hugoniot state, followed by a quasi-steady off-Hugoniot release state, and finally the unsteady return to near-ambient conditions. We present quantitative, atomic-scale data of the unfolding of the dynamically driven phase transition and its subsequent reversal close to the α/γ phase boundary. Dynamic loading with a two-stage gas gun is coupled with in situ time-resolved synchrotron X-ray diffraction and with continuum scale velocimetry at the Dynamic Compression Sector (DCS), Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. Our results demonstrate the time dependence of phase transitions and highlight the need for modeling of transition kinetics in dynamically driven processes.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/9/1226dynamic compressionkineticsnanosecond X-ray diffractionfluoritephase transition |
| spellingShingle | Pat Kalita Paul E. Specht Justin L. Brown Lena M. Pacheco Josh M. Usher Christopher T. Seagle Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal Minerals dynamic compression kinetics nanosecond X-ray diffraction fluorite phase transition |
| title | Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal |
| title_full | Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal |
| title_fullStr | Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal |
| title_full_unstemmed | Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal |
| title_short | Real-Time Atomic Scale Kinetics of a Dynamic Event in a Model Ionic Crystal |
| title_sort | real time atomic scale kinetics of a dynamic event in a model ionic crystal |
| topic | dynamic compression kinetics nanosecond X-ray diffraction fluorite phase transition |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/13/9/1226 |
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