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AMERICAN MINERALOGIST
Volume 102, Issue 11, Pages 2230-2234Publisher
MINERALOGICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.2138/am-2017-6033
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Silicon carbide; phase transition; zinc-blende; rock salt; Clapeyron slope; extrasolar planet
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- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17K05627, 16H06285] Funding Source: KAKEN
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We have investigated the phase transition in SiC between the zinc-blende and rock-salt structures at high pressure and temperature in a laser-heated diamond-anvil cell. Results demonstrate that the transition occurs at 74 GPa and 2100 K with a 21% density increase, reflecting the coordination number rising from four to six. In addition, our ab initio calculations show that the boundary has a negative Clapeyron slope of -4.0 MPa/K at 2000 K. The experimentally determined phase boundary is located between those predicted by GGA and B3LYP functional. This transition may take place inside carbon-rich extrasolar planets, forming a boundary with a large density jump. Since SiC is rigid and highly thermally conductive, thermal convection in an SiC-dominant layer is not likely to occur. Nevertheless, the convection may be possible if planet interiors include both silicon carbide and silicate, and in this case the phase transition could affect the style of thermal convection.
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