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Acoustic dissipation associated with phase transitions in lawsonite, CaAl₂Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O

¹ Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge, CB2 3EQ, U.K.
² Department of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada 89577, U.S.A.

Correspondence: ^* E-mail: ream3{at}cam.ac.uk

Resonant ultrasound spectra of a single crystal and a polycrystalline sample of lawsonite [CaAl₂Si₂O₇(OH)₂·H₂O] have been measured at room temperature and at low temperatures in the region 20–300 K. The influence of known phase transitions at 125 and 270 K is seen in the frequency variations of the resonance peaks, which are indicative of elastic stiffening, and in values for the quality factor Q_QF, which are indicative of dissipation. Two dissipation peaks, at ~250 and ~210 K, are interpreted as being due to the proton order-disorder processes associated with the two species of hydrogen atoms in the structure: one in hydroxyl OH groups and one in the H₂O molecules. These occur below the Cmcm Pmcn transition point but coincide with changes in the shear elastic constants and in features of IR spectra reported elsewhere. A third, much smaller, dissipation peak occurs immediately below the Pmcn P2₁cn transition point. The combination of these anomalies in acoustic dissipation and in elastic constants is consistent with the view that the Cmcm Pmcn transition is driven both by displacive and proton ordering effects. For the Pmcn P2₁cn transition, dissipation and the transition are more closely related, consistent with the view that the transition is driven essentially by proton ordering.

Key Words: Lawsonite • resonant ultrasound spectroscopy • dissipation • proton ordering

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