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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 81, Issue 6, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.064103
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- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR)
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We investigate by means of first-principles methods the structural response of gypsum (CaSO(4) center dot 2H(2)O ) to pressures within and above the stability range of gypsum-I (P <= 4 GPa). Structural and vibrational properties calculated for gypsum-I are in excellent agreement with experimental data. Compression within gypsum-I takes place predominantly through a reduction in the volume of the CaO(8) polyhedra and through a distortion of the hydrogen bonds. The distance between CaSO(4) layers becomes increasingly incompressible, indicating a mechanical limit to the packing of water molecules between the layers. We find that a structure with collapsed interlayer distances becomes more stable than gypsum-I above about 5 GPa. The collapse is concomitant with a rearrangement of the hydrogen-bond network of the water molecules. Comparison of the vibrational spectra calculated for this structure with experimental data taken above 5 GPa supports the validity of our model for the high-pressure phase of gypsum.
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