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Article

High-Pressure Phase Diagrams of Na2CO3 and K2CO3

by
Pavel N. Gavryushkin
1,2,*,
Altyna Bekhtenova
1,2,
Sergey S. Lobanov
3,
Anton Shatskiy
1,2,
Anna Yu. Likhacheva
2,4,
Dinara Sagatova
1,2,
Nursultan Sagatov
1,2,
Sergey V. Rashchenko
1,2,4,
Konstantin D. Litasov
1,2,
Igor S. Sharygin
5,6,
Alexander F. Goncharov
7,
Vitali B. Prakapenka
8 and
Yuji Higo
9
1
Department of Geology and Geophysics, Novosibirsk State University, Pirogova 2, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
2
Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, prosp. acad. Koptyuga 3, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
3
GFZ German Research Center for Geosciences, Section 4.3, Telegrafenberg, 14473 Potsdam, Germany
4
Budker Institute of Nuclear Physics, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, pr. ac. Lavrentieva 11, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
5
Center for Northeast Asian Studies, Tohoku University, 41 Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, Miyagi 980-8576, Japan
6
Institute of the Earth’s Crust, Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Science, Lermontov Street 128, Irkutsk 664033, Russia
7
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, DC 20015, USA
8
Center for Advanced Radiation Sources, University of Chicago, Chicago, IN 60637, USA
9
Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute, SPring-8, Kouto, Hyogo 678-5198, Japan
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Minerals 2019, 9(10), 599; https://doi.org/10.3390/min9100599
Submission received: 16 August 2019 / Revised: 20 September 2019 / Accepted: 26 September 2019 / Published: 30 September 2019
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Phase Relations, Redox and Melting Reactions in Carbonate-bearing Systems in the Earth's Mantle)
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Abstract

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The phase diagrams of Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 have been determined with multianvil (MA) and diamond anvil cell (DAC) techniques. In MA experiments with heating, γ -Na 2 CO 3 is stable up to 12 GPa and above this pressure transforms to P 6 3 /mcm-phase. At 26 GPa, Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm transforms to the new phase with a diffraction pattern similar to that of the theoretically predicted Na 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m. On cold compression in DAC experiments, γ -Na 2 CO 3 is stable up to the maximum pressure reached of 25 GPa. K 2 CO 3 shows a more complex sequence of phase transitions. Unlike γ -Na 2 CO 3 , γ -K 2 CO 3 has a narrow stability field. At 3 GPa, K 2 CO 3 presents in the form of the new phase, called K 2 CO 3 -III, which transforms into another new phase, K 2 CO 3 -IV, above 9 GPa. In the pressure range of 9–15 GPa, another new phase or the mixture of phases III and IV is observed. The diffraction pattern of K 2 CO 3 -IV has similarities with that of the theoretically predicted K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m and most of the diffraction peaks can be indexed with this structure. Water has a dramatic effect on the phase transitions of K 2 CO 3 . Reconstruction of the diffraction pattern of γ -K 2 CO 3 is observed at pressures of 0.5–3.1 GPa if the DAC is loaded on the air.

1. Introduction

Natural occurrence of alkaline carbonates Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 is in the form of rare minerals natrite Na 2 CO 3 [1] and gregoryite (Na 2 ,K 2 ,Ca)CO 3 [2,3] and as a constituent part of double carbonates: Nyerereite and zemkorite (Na,K) 2 Ca(CO 3 ) 2 [4,5,6,7,8], shortite Na 2 Ca 2 (CO 3 ) 3 [9], eitelite Na 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 [10] and polymorphs of K 2 Ca(CO 3 ) 2 butchelite and fairchildite [11]. Other than these minerals, a number of double Na-Ca, Na-Fe and K-Mg carbonates were synthesised experimentally at pressures up to 6 GPa: Na 2 Ca 3 (CO 3 ) 4 , Na 2 Ca 4 (CO 3 ) 5 , Na 4 Ca(CO 3 ) 3 , Na 6 Ca 5 (CO 3 ) 8 , Na 2 FeCO 3 , K 2 Mg(CO 3 ) 2 [12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20].
Despite a relatively small number of findings of simple alkaline and double alkaline–alkaline-earth carbonates, gregoryite together with nyerereite form the main part of unique natrocarbonatites rocks of the Oldoinyo-Lengai volcano (Tanzania) [6]. Nahcolite (NaHCO 3 ), eitelite and nyerereite were also found in carbonatitic inclusions in diamonds from the Juina, Mato Grosso State, Brazil [21,22]. The summary of other findings of double alkaline–alkaline-earth carbonates can be found elsewhere [5]. All these findings gave rise to intensive experimental investigation of Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 melting curves in the pressure range of the upper mantle and transition zone of the Earth [19,23,24,25,26,27,28,29]. The melting curve of Na 2 CO 3 was found to be smooth in the range of 3–18 GPa [23], while on the melting curve of K 2 CO 3 , two kinks, at 5 and 9 GPa, have been found at 2–20 GPa [24,25]. High-pressure transitions in solid phases of Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 have been investigated only in one work, published as a PhD thesis [24]. In this work, three high pressure phases of K 2 CO 3 , new phase 1, new phase 2 and new phase 3 have been revealed. Crystal structures of these phases have not been determined and are still unknown.
Theoretically, phase transitions of alkaline carbonates have been investigated by Čančarevič and co-authors [30] and in our recent work [31]. Here, we report the results of in situ X-ray diffraction experiments with both multianvill (MA) and diamond anvil cell (DAC) techniques on the determination of Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 P-T phase diagrams and the results of the indexing of high-pressure diffraction patterns with theoretically predicted structures.

2. Methods

2.1. Experimental Techniques

The high-pressure high-temperature behaviour of K 2 CO 3 and Na 2 CO 3 have been investigated with in situ X-ray diffraction experiments. For both compounds, large volume multianvil apparatus and DAC experiments have been performed. DAC experiments were of three different types: (1) Na 2 CO 3 , without heating and pressures up to 25 GPa, performed at Advanced Photon Source (APS); (2) K 2 CO 3 , with laser heating and pressures up to 50 GPa, also performed at APS; (3) K 2 CO 3 , without heating and pressures in the range of 0.5–7 GPa, at the Siberian Synchrotron and Teraherts Radiation Centre (SSTRC). The first two types of experiments we will designate as DAC-APS and the last one as DAC-SSTRC.
Synthetic reagents of K 2 CO 3 and Na 2 CO 3 produced by Wako Co Ltd. (Wakayama, Japan) (99.99%, MA and DAC-SSTRC experiments) and Fischer Scientific (Pittsburgh, PA, USA) (>99.5%, DAC-APS experiments) have been used as the starting materials.

2.1.1. MA Experiments

The in situ X-ray diffraction experiments M964, M965, M967 and M1128 were conducted at the Spring-8 synchrotron radiation facility (Hyogo Prefecture, Japan), using a Kawai-type high-pressure apparatus, “SPEED-MkII”, installed at a bending magnet beam line BL04B1 [32]. An energy-dispersive X-ray diffraction technique was used for the in situ measurements. The incident X-rays were collimated to form a thin beam with dimensions of 0.05 mm in the horizontal direction and 0.1 mm in the vertical direction by tungsten carbide slits and directed to the sample through a pyrophyllite gasket and X-ray windows in the cell. A Ge solid-state detector with a 4096-channel analyzer was used, which was calibrated by using characteristic X-rays of Cu, Mo, Ag, La, Ta, Pt, Au and Pb. The diffraction angle (2 θ ) was approximately 5.5 ∘ , calibrated before compression, using the known d-values of X-ray diffraction peaks of Au (note volumes used in the beam line software: V 0 = 67.847 Å), with an uncertainty of less than 0.0005 ∘ . In order to obtain diffraction patterns with a reasonable number of lines, a special oscillation system to rotate the press from −3 ∘ to +6 ∘ has been employed [32]. We used ultra-hard 26 mm WC anvils (“Fujilloy,” TF-05) with a truncated edge length of 2.0 mm to compress a Co-doped MgO pressure medium shaped in form of octahedron with grinded edges and corners with edge length of 6.2 mm. Pyrophyllite gaskets with 2.0 mm thickness and 3.4 mm width were used to support anvil flanks. A TiB 2 tubular heater, 1.7/1.1 mm in outer/inner diameter and 2.0 mm length was employed to heat the sample. WRe 3 % / 25 % thermocouple, 0.05 mm in diameter, with junction placed just above the sample capsule was used to control temperature. To avoid thermocouple cut during compression, thicker thermocouple wires (0.15 + 0.10 mm) were inserted through the gaskets into the pressure medium. The sample, reagent grade Na 2 CO 3 or K 2 CO 3 powder, was blended with Au powder in 10:1 weight ratio in an agate mortar under acetone. The powder was compressed to a cylinder, 0.5 mm in height and 0.9 mm in diameter and then dried at 300 ∘ C for two hours. The sample was loaded into a h-BN capsule with wall thickness of 0.15 mm. The materials with low X-ray absorption were placed on the way of X-ray beam, namely, MgO cylinders, 1.0 mm in diameter and 0.5 mm in thickness were inserted from outside and a 5- μ m diamond powder was loaded into the hall 0.7 mm in diameter and 1.0 mm in length inside.
The cell assembly was first compressed to nearly the maximum press load at ambient temperature. Thereafter, we followed a complex P-T-path with several heating cycles while continuously taking diffraction patterns. Exposure times for collecting diffraction data were 200 s. The experimental pressures at high temperatures were calculated from the unit cell volume of Au using the equation of state reported in [33] with <0.05 GPa deviation. Typically, 4 of the diffraction lines (111), (200), (220) and (311) of Au were used to calculate the pressure and 7–10 major diffraction lines were used to calculate the volume of Na 2 CO 3 .

2.1.2. DAC-APS

In DAC-APS experiments we used symmetric DACs equipped with 300 μ m brilliant-cut diamonds. Rhenium gaskets were preindented to a thickness of ∼40 μ m and laser-cut in the center of the indentation in order to create a sample chamber of ∼100 μ m in diameter. To prevent sample contamination with water, Na 2 CO 3 or K 2 CO 3 reagents were annealed at 250 ∘ C for 30 h, sealed and transported to an Ar glovebox for DAC loadings. Upon sample loading, the minute amount of Pt/Au powder was mixed into the K 2 CO 3 /Na 2 CO 3 samples. Neon was gas-loaded as a pressure medium at 0.2 GPa.
Compression runs were performed at the 13ID-D undulator beamline of GeoSoilEnviroCARS, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory. The X-ray beam ( λ = 0.3344 Å) was focused to a ∼3 × 5 μ m spot size. High temperatures (up to 2600 K) were achieved through double-sided Nd:YLF laser-heating system with a 20 μ m diameter focused laser beam [34] coupled to Pt powder. Temperature was measured by spectroradiometry simultaneously with XRD measurements. Collected spectra were fit to blackbody radiation function using T-Rax software (developed by C. Prescher). The uncertainty in temperature measurement is assumed to be typical of laser-heated DACs (∼150 K). Overall heating duration was about 10–20 min. After quenching, the samples were mapped with the X-ray. Every sample was heated in at least two areas.

2.1.3. DAC-SSTRC

Three different experiments have been performed as SSTRC: (1) With silicon oil as pressure transmitting medium and loading in a glovebox; (2) with silicon oil and loading on the air; (3) with methanol as a pressure transmitting medium and also loading on the air. The results of experiment (2) have been published in [35] and here we use them only for comparison.
Sample of K 2 CO 3 was preliminarily annealed in a vacuum oven at 200 ∘ C for 2 h, then ground in an agate mortar and mixed with pressure transmitting medium in a ratio of 1:4. This mixture was loaded in a 400 μ m hole in a stainless steel gasket of 100 μ m thickness under ambient conditions or in an Ar glovebox. Mao-Bell DACs were used to generate pressures up to 7 GPa.
In situ X-ray diffraction experiments were conducted at the beamline #4 of the VEPP-3 storage ring of the SSTRC (Novosibirsk, Russia) ( λ = 0.3685 Å) [36]. MAR345 imaging plate detector (pixel dimension 100 μ m) was used for data collecting. FIT2D [37] program was used to integrate the two-dimensional images to a maximum 2 θ value of 25 ∘ . The pressure was measured by displacement of 5 D 0 − 7 F 0 fluorescence line of SrB 4 O 7 :Sm 2 + [38] with PRL (BETSA) spectrometer with accuracy of ∼0.05 GPa.

2.2. Details of Ab Initio Calculations

For indexing of experimental diffraction patterns, structural models of γ -Na 2 CO 3 , Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm, Na 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m, γ -K 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 - P 1 ¯ [31] were optimised with density functional theory (DFT). Incommensurate modulations of γ -Na 2 CO 3 structure [39] have not been considered. Optimisations have been performed using the plane wave basis set and the projector augmented wave method [40], as implemented in VASP code [41,42,43]. Exchange-correlation effects were taken into account within LDA (local density approximation) and GGA (generalised gradient approximation) with Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof functional [44]. LDA pseudopotentials with 3 s 2 3 p 6 4 s 1 , 2 p 6 3 s 1 , 2 s 2 2 p 4 and 2 s 2 2 p 2 valence electrons and GGA pseudopotentials with 3 s 2 3 p 6 4 s 1 3 d 0 , 3 s 1 3 p 0 , 2 s 2 2 p 4 and 2 s 2 2 p 2 electrons have been used for K, Na, O and C, respectively. A plane-wave basis set cutoff energy were set to 520 eV. The Brillouin zone was sampled using uniform Γ -centred k-point meshes with a k-point grid of 2 π × 0.025 Å − 1 spacing. The iterative relaxation of atomic positions was stopped when all forces acting on atoms were smaller than 0.001 eV Å − 1 . After optimisation, symmetry of the structures were analysed with FINDSYM program [45]. VESTA software [46] have been used for the structure visualisation.
To take into account the temperature effect and calculate monovariant boundaries on P-T diagrams, we used the method of lattice dynamics within the quasi-harmonic approximation (QHA). The phonon frequencies and phonon dispersion curves were calculated with the PHONOPY 2.3 package [47]. The energy cut-off in this case was increased to 800 eV. Real-space force constants were calculated using supercell method and finite difference method as implemented in PHONOPY, with a 2 × 2 × 2 supercell for Na 2 CO 3 - P m m n , Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm, Na 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m, K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m, K 2 CO 3 - C 2 / c , β -K 2 CO 3 , a 1 × 2 × 2 supercell for γ -Na 2 CO 3 and a 2 × 1 × 2 supercell for γ -K 2 CO 3 . Helmholtz free energies were computed for all structures at seven volumes starting from 0 GPa to 60 GPa, then corrected for thermal expansion using the quasiharmonic approximation.

2.3. Indexing

For unbiased comparison of diffraction patterns with that of theoretical structures, we used cell parameters directly from DFT calculations without any refinement. In the case of unambiguous correspondence, Pawley and Rietveld refinements have been performed. As LDA pseudopotential slightly underestimates, whereas GGA overestimates unit cell volume, we used structures with cell parameters averaged between LDA and GGA optimisations. As we will show below, such a simple technique gives the cell parameters that sufficiently better reproduce experimental values than LDA or GGA optimisations.
The phase identification and preliminary analysis of all the diffraction patterns have been performed with “PDIndexer” software [48]. For analysis of diffraction patterns recorded at Spring8 “XRayAnalysis" software, provided by the beamline, have been also used. Pawley and Rietveld refinements were performed with GSAS-II software [49]. The uncertainties in the unit cell volume of Au, determined by a least-squares fit, give typically less than 0.1 GPa uncertainty in pressure.

3. Results And Discussion

3.1. Na 2 CO 3

In MA experiments, γ -Na 2 CO 3 is stable from 1 atm to 12 GPa and then two phase transitions at 12 GPa and at 26 GPa take place, see Figure 1a. In room temperature DAC-APS experiments, substantial changes in γ -Na 2 CO 3 diffraction patterns are not observed up to the maximum reached pressure of 25 GPa (Figure 1). Splitting of (40 1 ¯ ) diffraction peak, marked on Figure 1b with a star, can be explained by the the increasing of intensities of (400) and (200) reflections of γ -Na 2 CO 3 or by the some structural changes of γ -Na 2 CO 3 .
The pressures of phase transitions in MA experiments are consistent with theoretical predictions [31]. According to calculations [31], Na 2 CO 3 undergoes two phase transitions in the pressure range of 0–40 GPa, first at 5 GPa from γ - to P 6 3 /mcm-phase and another at 35 GPa, from P 6 3 /mcm- to P 2 1 /m-phase.
As can be seen from Figure 2a,c theoretical diffraction peaks of γ - and P 6 3 /mcm-structures exactly reproduce experimental ones. The Pawley fit has been performed with the following R-factors (Figure 2b,d): γ -Na 2 CO 3 : R-bkg = 7.54%, wR-bkg = 13.49%, P 6 3 /mcm: R-bkg = 10.80%, wR-bkg = 19.95%. The difference between cell parameters before and after refinement does not exceed 0.07 Å for γ and 0.03 Å for P 6 3 /mcm structures. For the LDA and GGA optimised P 6 3 /mcm structure (without averaging) these deviations are sufficiently higher and reach 0.92 Å and 0.71 Å, respectively. This illustrates the efficiency of the technique when the structure averaged between LDA and GGA optimisations is used for the indexing (Figure S1). For a P 6 3 /mcm structure, the Rietveld refinement has also been performed, see Figure S2. It also confirms the consistency of the P 6 3 /mcm structure with the obtained diffraction pattern.
Indexing of diffraction patterns, recorded above 27 GPa, with P 2 1 /m structure are ambiguous (Figure 3). The quality and number of diffraction peaks is not enough to perform the reliable Pawley fit. However, most of the experimental peaks can be indexed with P 2 1 /m structure (Figure 3). Based on this we consider P 2 1 /m structure as the structure of high-pressure polymorph of Na 2 CO 3 observed above 26 GPa.
The obtained P-T diagram (Figure 4) is consistent with available experimental data on the melting curve of Na 2 CO 3 . According to these data, the melting temperature of Na 2 CO 3 is 1980 K at 17 GPa and up to this pressure the melting curve has no kinks [23]. Extrapolation of the phase boundary between γ - and P 6 3 /mcm phases (Figure 4) to the melting temperatures shows, the first kink on the melting curve appears at 18–19 GPa. This is consistent with the smooth character of the melting curve up to 17 GPa observed in the experiment [23].
In our previous work [50], we suggested the transition from γ -Na 2 CO 3 to β -Na 2 CO 3 at 1–2 GPa. Both phases have similar structures, complicated by the incommensurate modulations in the case of γ -Na 2 CO 3 [39]. Distinguishing these two phases in our MA energy-dispersive diffraction patterns is problematic and here we designate both of them as γ -Na 2 CO 3 , assuming that this can be γ - or β -phase.
The unit cell parameters and atomic coordinates of P 6 3 /mcm- and P 2 1 /m-phases are shown in Table 1, dependencies of the cell parameters on pressure for γ - and P 6 3 /mcm determined in MA experiments-in Table 2 and for γ -phase determined in DAC experiments—in Table S1.

3.2. K 2 CO 3

3.2.1. MA and DAC-APS Results

Both DAC and MA experiments show consistent results on phase transitions of K 2 CO 3 . The same phase transitions are observed in both experiments and differences in pressures of the transitions do not exceed 3 GPa. Below we give pressures of phase transitions according to the MA experiment.
In both DAC-APS and MA experiments three high-pressure phase transitions are observed (Figure 5); the first takes place at less than 3 GPa, the second-at 10 and the third-at 15 GPa. The phase stable below 3 GPa, in the range of 3–10 GPa and above 15 GPa we will designate as K 2 CO 3 -II, K 2 CO 3 -III and K 2 CO 3 -IV, respectively. The existence of the phase K 2 CO 3 -II is assumed based on the experimental data of Li [24]. In the range of 10–15 GPa, the mixture of K 2 CO 3 -III and K 2 CO 3 -IV or another new phase, K 2 CO 3 -IIIb, is observed. K 2 CO 3 -IV has low-temperature and high-temperature forms, α -K 2 CO 3 -IV and β -K 2 CO 3 -IV, respectively. The changes of diffraction pattern during α - to β phase transformation is illustrated in Figure S3. Comparison of diffraction patterns of phases III and IV was obtained in DAC and MA settings, see Figures S4 and S5.
The obtained phase diagrams according to MA and DAC-APS experiments are shown in Figure 6. The phase diagrams from these two experimental settings are consistent with each other. They are also consistent with available data on melting curves and high-pressure phase transitions of K 2 CO 3 [24,25,26], suggesting one phase transition at 3 GPa and another-in the range of 13–25 GPa.

3.2.2. Indexing of Experimental Diffraction Patterns

According to theoretical predictions [31], γ -K 2 CO 3 undergoes transition to K 2 CO 3 -P 1 ¯ at 12 GPa. K 2 CO 3 - P 1 ¯ is the structural analogue of Na 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m. We mentioned this structural similarity in our previous work [31]; within the present investigation we analyse the pseudosymmetry of K 2 CO 3 - P 1 ¯ and find out that atomic shifts less than 0.07 Å increase the symmetry of the structure to P 2 1 /m. Below we will use K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m structure instead of K 2 CO 3 - P 1 ¯ for indexing of experimental diffraction patterns.
Most of the peaks of α -K 2 CO 3 -IV diffraction pattern can be satisfactorily indexed with K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m structure, except of several intense ones (Figure 7). Structural data of K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m used for indexing of experimental diffraction patterns are shown in Table S2. Based on the similarity of the experimental and theoretical diffraction patterns, phase IV can be considered as some structural analogue of K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m. In this case, unindexed peaks are explained by the structural difference of P 2 1 /m and IV phases. However, they can be also explained by the presence of P 2 1 /m phase in the mixture with the second phase with a similar structure. In this case, the changing of diffraction peak intensities observed in MA experiments (Figure S3) is due to the changing of the ratio of these two phases.
None of the high pressure diffraction patterns of K 2 CO 3 can be indexed with P 6 3 /mcm structure, observed for Na 2 CO 3 and Li 2 CO 3 [54]. Thus, stability field of P 6 3 /mcm structure shrinks with increasing of cation radius. For Li 2 CO 3 [54] it is observed in the range of 10–25 GPa, for Na 2 CO 3 -in the range of 12–26 GPa and for K 2 CO 3 it is not observed at all.

3.2.3. The Effect of Water

To estimate the effect of water on the high-pressure transitions of K 2 CO 3 we have performed two DAC experiments, (I) with loading in a glovebox and (II) with loading in the air. Silicone oil was used as the pressure transmitting medium in both cases. These experiments have been performed at SSTRC. DAC used in these experiments has a larger working chamber than in the experiments performed at APS and it is better suited for the studying of low-pressure phase transitions. All SSTRC experiments have been performed at room temperature.
In dry experiment (I), γ -K 2 CO 3 is stable up to the maximum reached pressure of 6.8 GPa. The observed amorphization, starting from 3 GPa, is due to non-hydrostatic compression in silicon oil [55]. In wet experiment (II), the new phase or phases are observed above 3.1 GPa (Figure 8). The diffraction pattern of this phase is different from diffraction patterns of K 2 CO 3 -III obtained in MA and DAC-APS experiments at nearly the same pressures (Figure S4).
The catalytic activity of K 2 CO 3 in the transesterification reaction of fatty acid glycerides with alcohols, used for the production of biodiesel from food grade vegetable oils [56], was the motivation for us to perform the third (III) experiment with methanol as a pressure transmitting media. The loading has been done on the air to make experimental conditions similar to those in the production of bio-diesel. The result of this experiment is surprising. At the first pressure point, 0.5 GPa, we observed the diffraction pattern of the same phase, which was synthesised in experiment (II) at 3.1 GPa (Figure 8). This phase (or phases) can be one of the hydrated form of K 2 CO 3 , one of the K 2 CO 3 high-pressure phases or a mixture of hydrate and high-pressure phase.

4. Theoretical P-T Diagrams and Stability of The Phases

Calculated phonon dispersion curves show dynamical instability of α - and β -phases for both Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 . This is consistent with the unquenchable character of these phases ([57,58] and references therein). The average structure of γ -Na 2 CO 3 is also unstable (Figure S6a). The last fact is not surprising. The real structure of γ -phase is incommensurately modulated, with amplitudes of modulations reaching 0.4 Å [39]. The modulations likely stabilise the structure and the average structure without them became unstable. Other structures revealed in experiments, Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm, Na 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m, γ -K 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m, are dynamically stable (Figures S6 and S7).
The calculated values of unit cell volumes for γ -Na 2 CO 3 and Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm closely reproduce experimental V(P) dependance (Figure 9). As GGA pseudopotentials slightly overestimates volume, theoretical points lie higher than experimental ones. The fact that experimental points of γ -Na 2 CO 3 at 8.6 and 9.6 GPa lie higher than theoretical ones is due to the uncertainty in experimental determination of unit cell volume of γ -phase at high pressures. Parameters of the Vinet equation of state [59] for γ - and P 6 3 /mcm-phases determined by the theoretical points are the following:
γ -Na 2 CO 3 : E 0 , 300 =−148.046 eV, K 0 , 300 = 37.56 GPa, K ’ 0 , 300 = 5.504, V 0 = 288.299 Å 3 ,
Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm: E 0 , 300 = −73.773 eV, K 0 , 300 = 44.33 GPa, K ’ 0 , 300 = 5.73, V 0 = 137.505 Å 3 .
The calculated P-T boundaries for γ ↔ P 6 3 /mcm and P 6 3 / m c m ↔ P 2 1 /m equilibriums correctly reproduce experimental results on phase transitions of Na 2 CO 3 (Figure 10a). According to calculations, both P 6 3 /mcm and P 2 1 /m structures are stable within all of the investigated temperature range, likely up to the melting temperatures. The upper stability boundary of P m m n structure of Na 2 CO 3 , revealed in our previous calculations [31], is restricted to nearly 0 ∘ C (Figure 10). Due to sufficient structural difference between γ and P m m n phases, the γ → P m m n transformation is hindered by the kinetic of the process.
The calculated stability field of K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m spreads from ∼10 GPa to ∼55 GPa. At higher pressure P 2 1 /m structure transforms into C 2 / c structure (Figure 10b). According to obtained experimental data, phase IV of K 2 CO 3 was observed within the same P-T field. This is consistent with the assumption about structural similarity or even isostructurality of P 2 1 /m and IV phases of K 2 CO 3 .

5. Discussion

For both K 2 CO 3 and Na 2 CO 3 , γ -phases are characterised by the same Ni 2 In type of cation array and differ only in the tilt of CO 3 triangles [60]. Our results show quite a wide stability field of γ -Na 2 CO 3 and very narrow stability field of γ -K 2 CO 3 (Figure 11). This can be explained by the sufficient difference in the size of Na + and K + ions. Na + ion fits better to Ni 2 In type than the big K + [61]. As a result, γ -K 2 CO 3 readily transforms to another structural type (phases II, III and IV) at relatively small compression. Li + is, in turn, too small and does not adopt Ni 2 In type at all, its γ form is of CaF 2 type [60].
Comparison of high-pressure phase transitions of alkaline carbonates, Li 2 CO 3 , Na 2 CO 3 and K 2 CO 3 is presented on Figure 11. It shows that there are two main high-pressure structures of alkaline carbonates, P 6 3 /mcm and P 2 1 /m. P 2 1 /m structure is characterised by the higher coordination numbers, cations of alkaline metal in this structure are surrounded by seven or eight oxygens, disposed in the vertices of the deformed cube or two-capped trigonal prism, while in P 6 3 /mcm structure the coordination of alkaline metal by oxygen equals six and the coordination polyhedron is octahedron (Figure S8). As a result, the stability fields of P 6 3 /mcm-phases shrink with an increase in cation radius from Li + to K + , while stability fields of P 2 1 /m structures, assuming K 2 CO 3 -IV as the analogue of K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m, expands.

Supplementary Materials

The following are available online at https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/9/10/599/s1, Figure S1: Experimental diffraction patterns at 13.7 GPa (a) and at 27.9 GPa (b) with theoretical peaks of Na2CO2- P 6 3 / m c m (a) and Na2CO3- P 2 1 / m (b) structures. Peaks of the structure optimised with LDA are shown with thin blue lines, with GGA–with turquoise thin lines, and of the averaged structure–with thick violet lines; Figure S2: Rietveld refinement of Na2CO3- P 6 3 / m c m structure with MA diffraction pattern recorded at 13.7 GPa and 27 °C, R-factor = 27%; Figure S3: Changes of diffraction pattern on heating at pressures 26.9–28.8 GPa according to MA setting; Figure S4: Diffraction patterns in DAC-SSTRC (a), DAC-APS (b), and multianvil (c) settings at 2.3–3.6 GPa. Grey bands are shown for the convenience of visual comparison; Figure S5: Diffraction patterns of K2CO3-IV recorded in DAC-APS (a) and multianvil (b) settings; Figure S6: Phonon dispersion curves of Na2CO3 phases, P m m n at 0 GPa (a), γ at 12 GPa (b), and P 6 3 / m c m at 24 GPa (c) and P 2 1 / m at 36 GPa (d); Figure S7: Phonon dispersion curves of K2CO3 phases, β at 0 GPa (a), γ at 1 GPa (b), P 2 1 / m at 36 GPa (c) and C 2 / c at 60 GPa (d); Figure S8: Na-O polyhedrons in P 6 3 / m c m (a) and P 2 1 / m (b) crystal structures of Na2CO3. Table S1: Unit cell parameters of γ -Na2CO3 from DAC-APS experiments; Table S2: Structural data of K2CO3- C 2 / m used for indexing of experimental diffraction pattern (according to DFT calculations, without refinement).

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, P.N.G, A.S. and K.D.L.; methodology, P.N.G., A.S., S.S.L., K.D.L., A.Y.L., A.F.G., and I.S.S.; software, S.V.R.; validation, A.B. and S.V.R.; formal analysis, A.B., S.V.R., D.S., N.S., and A.Y.L.; investigation, P.N.G., A.B., D.S., and N.S.; resources, V.B.P., and Y.H.; writing–original draft preparation, P.N.G.; writing–review and editing, P.N.G. and K.D.L.; visualization, P.N.G. and A.B.; supervision, K.D.L., and A.F.G.

Funding

This research was funded by Russian Science Foundation (project No 14-17-00609-P). SSL was supported by Helmholtz Young Investigators Group CLEAR (VH-NG-1325).

Acknowledgments

We thank the Information Technology Centre of Novosibirsk State University for providing access to the cluster computational resources. A.F.G. and K.D.L. acknowledge support from Alfred P. Sloan Foundation via the Deep Carbon Observatory program.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Diffraction patterns of Na 2 CO 3 obtained in MA (a) and DAC (b) experiments.
Figure 1. Diffraction patterns of Na 2 CO 3 obtained in MA (a) and DAC (b) experiments.
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Figure 2. Indexing of diffraction patterns with γ - (a) and P 6 3 /mcm (c) structures of Na 2 CO 3 and corresponding Pawley refinements (b,d). Blue bars correspond to the theoretical peaks of γ -Na 2 CO 3 (a,b) and Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm, red bars-to the peaks of Au.
Figure 2. Indexing of diffraction patterns with γ - (a) and P 6 3 /mcm (c) structures of Na 2 CO 3 and corresponding Pawley refinements (b,d). Blue bars correspond to the theoretical peaks of γ -Na 2 CO 3 (a,b) and Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm, red bars-to the peaks of Au.
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Figure 3. Indexing of experimental diffraction pattern recorded at 27.9 GPa with P 2 1 /m structure of Na 2 CO 3 .
Figure 3. Indexing of experimental diffraction pattern recorded at 27.9 GPa with P 2 1 /m structure of Na 2 CO 3 .
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Figure 4. Phase diagram of Na 2 CO 3 according to MA experiments.
Figure 4. Phase diagram of Na 2 CO 3 according to MA experiments.
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Figure 5. Diffraction patterns of K 2 CO 3 collected in MA (a) and DAC-APS (b) experiments at room temperature.
Figure 5. Diffraction patterns of K 2 CO 3 collected in MA (a) and DAC-APS (b) experiments at room temperature.
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Figure 6. Phase diagrams of K 2 CO 3 from MA (a) and DAC-APS (b) experiments. Empty circles-reference the data of Li [24].
Figure 6. Phase diagrams of K 2 CO 3 from MA (a) and DAC-APS (b) experiments. Empty circles-reference the data of Li [24].
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Figure 7. Indexing of diffraction patterns of α -K 2 CO 3 -IV from MA (a) and DAC-APS (b) experiments with K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m structure. The peaks of K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m are shown in green, peaks of Au pressure marker-in red and that of Ne-in yellow.
Figure 7. Indexing of diffraction patterns of α -K 2 CO 3 -IV from MA (a) and DAC-APS (b) experiments with K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m structure. The peaks of K 2 CO 3 - P 2 1 /m are shown in green, peaks of Au pressure marker-in red and that of Ne-in yellow.
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Figure 8. Diffraction patterns recorded in DAC-SSTRC experiments. Results of experiment (I) are shown in green, of experiment (II) in black and of experiment (III) in blue.
Figure 8. Diffraction patterns recorded in DAC-SSTRC experiments. Results of experiment (I) are shown in green, of experiment (II) in black and of experiment (III) in blue.
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Figure 9. Theoretical and experimental pressure V(P) dependencies for γ - and P 6 3 /mcm phases of Na 2 CO 3 . Solid red and blue lines correspond to the EOSs of γ and P 6 3 /mcm phases determined by the theoretical points.
Figure 9. Theoretical and experimental pressure V(P) dependencies for γ - and P 6 3 /mcm phases of Na 2 CO 3 . Solid red and blue lines correspond to the EOSs of γ and P 6 3 /mcm phases determined by the theoretical points.
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Figure 10. Theoretical P-T diagrams of Na 2 CO 3 (a) and K 2 CO 3 (b). Theoretical phase boundaries are shown in solid lines, experimental in dashed lines.
Figure 10. Theoretical P-T diagrams of Na 2 CO 3 (a) and K 2 CO 3 (b). Theoretical phase boundaries are shown in solid lines, experimental in dashed lines.
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Figure 11. Scheme, summarising experimental data on high-pressure phase transitions of Li 2 CO 3 [54], Na 2 CO 3 (this work) and K 2 CO 3 (this work). Numbers show pressures oh phase transitions in GPa. Similar crystal structures are shown in the same colours.
Figure 11. Scheme, summarising experimental data on high-pressure phase transitions of Li 2 CO 3 [54], Na 2 CO 3 (this work) and K 2 CO 3 (this work). Numbers show pressures oh phase transitions in GPa. Similar crystal structures are shown in the same colours.
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Table
Table 1. Structural data for high-pressure phases of Na 2 CO 3 used for indexing and refinements. Cell parameters of P 6 3 /mcm- and γ phases according to Pawley refinement, other structural data according to DFT calculations.
Table 1. Structural data for high-pressure phases of Na 2 CO 3 used for indexing and refinements. Cell parameters of P 6 3 /mcm- and γ phases according to Pawley refinement, other structural data according to DFT calculations.
Pr.,Temp. (GPa, ∘ C)Space GroupLattice Parameters Å, deg. Atomic Coordinates
Speciesxyz
γ -Na 2 CO 3
1 atm, 25 C 2 /m a = 8.90 ( 2 ) b = 5.26 ( 2 ) c = 6.04 ( 3 ) Na10.000.000.00
α = 90 β = 101.29 ( 7 ) γ = 90 Na20.000.000.50
Na30.170.160.74
C10.160.170.25
O10.100.100.28
O20.290.100.18
Na 2 CO 3 - P 6 3 /mcm
13.7, 25 P 6 3 /mcm a = 4.776 ( 1 ) b = 4.776 ( 1 ) c = 5.630 ( 1 ) Na10.330.670.00
α = 90 β = 90 γ = 120 C10.000.000.25
O10.730.000.25
Na 2 CO 3 - C 2 /m
27.9, 800 P 2 1 /m a = 2.77 b = 4.75 c = 7.44 Na10.630.250.37
α = 90 β = 97.47 γ = 90 Na20.520.250.03
C10.010.250.73
O10.070.520.19
O20.200.250.59
Table
Table 2. Unit cell parameters of γ - and P 6 3 /mcm-phases of Na 2 CO 3 according to MA experiments.
Table 2. Unit cell parameters of γ - and P 6 3 /mcm-phases of Na 2 CO 3 according to MA experiments.
Pressure (GPa)Temperature ( ∘ C)Unit Cell Parameters (Å, deg.)Volume (Å 3 )
a b c β
γ -Na 2 CO 3
0.0258.89(5)5.27(2)6.05(3)101.33(7)277.7(31)
3.3258.73(5)5.16(2)5.95(3)101.54(7)262.7(31)
4.7258.69(5)5.12(2)5.89(3)101.65(7)256.8(31)
8.6258.55(5)5.07(2)5.91(3)101.44(7)250.9(31)
9.6258.53(5)5.06(2)5.86(3)101.67(7)248.0(31)
7.48008.70(5)5.13(2)5.91(3)101.16(7)259.0(31)
8.88008.65(5)5.13(2)5.90(3)101.41(7)256.5(31)
12.08008.55(5)5.06(2)5.93(3)101.04(7)251.5(31)
13.08008.53(5)5.06(2)5.90(3)101.53(7)249.5(31)
P 6 3 /mcm-Na 2 CO 3
13.7254.783(2)4.783(2)5.621(1) 111.11(7)
14.2254.775(2)4.775(2)5.597(1) 110.22(7)
17.5254.742(2)4.742(2)5.562(1) 108.11(7)
18.5254.726(2)4.726(2)5.544(1) 106.81(7)
21.5254.691(2)4.691(2)5.503(1) 104.90(7)
24.0254.670(2)4.670(2)5.451(1) 102.81(7)
26.8254.668(2)4.668(2)5.436(1) 102.02(7)
15.48004.784(2)4.748(2)5.658(1) 111.71(7)
20.48004.731(2)4.731(2)5.583(1) 108.07(7)

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