alpha-quartz, which has been reported to undergo pressure-induced amorphization, was found to trans- form to a monoclinic, crystalline phase when compressed to 45 GPa at room temperature in a close to hydrostatic, helium pressure medium. The x-ray powder diffraction data obtained could be indexed based on a monoclinic cell, and the intensities are in agreement with a P21?c model structure built up of 3 3 2 zigzag chains of SiO6 octahedra. This new polymorph of silica, which is metastable under ambient conditions, has been isolated for the first time and is one of several possible competing dense forms containing octahedrally coordinated silicon.

Crystalline post-quartz phase in silica at high pressure.

F Gorelli;
2001

Abstract

alpha-quartz, which has been reported to undergo pressure-induced amorphization, was found to trans- form to a monoclinic, crystalline phase when compressed to 45 GPa at room temperature in a close to hydrostatic, helium pressure medium. The x-ray powder diffraction data obtained could be indexed based on a monoclinic cell, and the intensities are in agreement with a P21?c model structure built up of 3 3 2 zigzag chains of SiO6 octahedra. This new polymorph of silica, which is metastable under ambient conditions, has been isolated for the first time and is one of several possible competing dense forms containing octahedrally coordinated silicon.
2001
Istituto Nazionale di Ottica - INO
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