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Aluminum coordination and the densification of high-pressure aluminosilicate glasses

Jeffrey R. Allwardt^1,2,*, Jonathan F. Stebbins¹, Burkhard C. Schmidt^2,, Daniel J. Frost², Anthony C. Withers³ and Marc M. Hirschmann³

¹ Department of Geological and Environmental Sciences, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, U.S.A.
² Bayerisches Geoinstitut, Universität Bayreuth, Germany
³ Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, U.S.A.

Correspondence: ^* E-mail: allwardt{at}pangea.stanford.edu

To better understand the relationship between atomic-scale structures and densities of aluminosilicate glasses and liquids, we used ²⁷Al MAS NMR to determine the speciation of aluminum ions in K₃AlSi₃O₉, Na₃AlSi₃O₉, and Ca₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈ glasses quenched from melts at 3 to 10 GPa. These data are a first approximation of high-pressure melt structure and illustrate the effects of the type of modifier cation. High field strength modifier cations (e.g., Ca) clearly induce more high-coordinated Al than lower field strength cations (e.g., Na and K). Measured glass densities show that, especially with rapid decompression, a significant portion of the total densification observed in-situ in melts is retained on return to ambient temperature and pressure. Observed increases in Al coordination are well correlated with decreased volume, which suggests that this structural change is a major part of the mechanism for recovered densification of high-pressure melts. Additionally, ²³Na MAS NMR, combined with the ²⁷Al MAS spectra and density determinations, reveal that other changes, such as the compression of modifier cation sites and/or decreased network bond angles, must also be significant, especially at low pressure.

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