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High-pressure study of azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 by synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy

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The high-pressure properties of natural azurite [Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2] have been investigated by in situ synchrotron powder X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy up to 11 and 16 GPa at room temperature, respectively. The results indicate that azurite is stable within the pressure region in this study. The pressure–volume data from in situ X-ray diffraction experiments were described by a third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state with V 0 = 304.5 (4) Å3, K 0 = 40 (2) GPa and K 0′ = 5.5 (6). The K 0 was obtained as 45.1 (8) GPa when K 0′ was fixed at 4. The axial compressional behavior of azurite was also fitted with a linearized third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state, showing an intense anisotropy with K a0 = 29.7 (9) GPa, K b0 = 25.0 (7) GPa and K c0 = 280 (55) GPa. In addition, the Raman spectroscopy of azurite in this study also presents the weak [OH]− group and the rigid [CO3]2− group. The different high-pressure behaviors of azurite and malachite combined with the smaller isothermal bulk modulus compared with certain anhydrous carbonates and the obvious compression anisotropy of azurite were discussed with the experimental results in this study together with the results from previous studies. Furthermore, the effect of hydroxyl on the high-pressure behaviors of carbonates was also discussed.

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We thank Prof. Guohong Gong for his help with the conventional powder X-ray analysis and the beamline scientists of BL15U1 of the Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF) and 4W2 of the Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility (BSRF) for the technical help. This work is supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 41374107 and 41274105), the Youth Innovative Technology Talents program of Institute of geochemistry, Chinese academy of Sciences (2013, to Dawei Fan) and the Western Doctor Special fund of the West Light Foundation of Chinese academy of Sciences (2011, to Dawei Fan).

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    Jingui Xu, Yunqian Kuang, Bo Zhang, Yonggang Liu, Dawei Fan, Wenge Zhou & Hongsen Xie

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    Jingui Xu, Yunqian Kuang & Bo Zhang

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Xu, J., Kuang, Y., Zhang, B. et al. High-pressure study of azurite Cu3(CO3)2(OH)2 by synchrotron radiation X-ray diffraction and Raman spectroscopy. Phys Chem Minerals 42, 805–816 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-015-0764-7

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