Skip to main content

Advertisement

Log in

Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at high pressure

  • Original Paper
  • Published:
Physics and Chemistry of Minerals Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

Complex mixtures of sulfates, silicates, and ice have been observed in a variety of planetary environments on Earth, Mars and the icy satellites of the solar system. Characterizing the properties of the corresponding compositional endmembers is important for understanding the interiors of a range of planetary bodies in which these phases are observed. To measure the electronic and vibrational properties of the pure ferrous iron endmember of the kieserite group, szomolnokite, (FeSO4⋅H2O), we have performed synchrotron 57Fe nuclear resonant inelastic and forward scattering experiments in the diamond-anvil cell up to 14.5 GPa. This pressure range covers depths within Earth’s interior relevant to sulfur cycling in subduction zones and the range of pressures expected within icy satellite interiors. We find evidence of crystal lattice softening, changes in elastic properties, and changes in the electric field gradients of iron atoms associated with two structural transitions occurring within the experimental pressure range. We apply these findings to icy satellite interiors, including discussion of elastic properties, modeling of ice-sulfate aggregates, and implications for tidal observations.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7
Fig. 8

Similar content being viewed by others

Data availability

The data associated with this article are reported in the main text, supplementary material, and/or may be accessed by contacting the corresponding author.

References

Download references

Funding

O.S.P. acknowledges the support of DOE NNSA SSGF (DE-NA0003960). We thank the W.M. Keck Foundation and the National Science Foundation (NSF-CSEDI-EAR-1600956, 2009935) for supporting this work. This research used resources of the Advanced Photon Source, a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility operated for the DOE Office of Science by Argonne National Laboratory under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. Beamline 3-ID-B at the Advanced Photon Source is partially supported by COMPRES, the Consortium for Materials Properties Research in Earth Sciences under NSF cooperative agreement EAR–1606856. SMS data collected during hybrid mode of the APS used a dual, fast-shutter spectrometer that was built (T.S.T.) and supported by Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) funding from Argonne National Laboratory, provided by the Director, Office of Science, of the U.S. DOE under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. We acknowledge the JPL Strategic Research & Technology Development Program, "Venus Science Into The Next Decade".

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Contributions

OSP and JMJ contributed to the study conception and material preparation. Methodology and investigation, including data collection, were performed by OSP, VVD, WS, TST, and JMJ. Analysis was performed by OSP with contributions from VVD, WS, BS, and JMJ using software written by WS. The first draft of the manuscript and all figures were created by OSP with JMJ supervision and validation. All the authors reviewed the manuscript.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Olivia S. Pardo.

Ethics declarations

Conflict of interest

The authors have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.

Additional information

Publisher's Note

Springer Nature remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations.

Supplementary Information

Below is the link to the electronic supplementary material.

Supplementary file1 (DOCX 4846 KB)

Rights and permissions

Springer Nature or its licensor (e.g. a society or other partner) holds exclusive rights to this article under a publishing agreement with the author(s) or other rightsholder(s); author self-archiving of the accepted manuscript version of this article is solely governed by the terms of such publishing agreement and applicable law.

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Pardo, O.S., Dobrosavljevic, V.V., Sturhahn, W. et al. Lattice dynamics, sound velocities, and atomic environments of szomolnokite at high pressure. Phys Chem Minerals 50, 32 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-023-01255-4

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-023-01255-4

Keywords

Navigation