Pressure-Induced Densification Of Vitreous Silica: Insight From Elastic Properties
PHYSICAL REVIEW B(2019)
Abstract
In situ high-pressure Brillouin light scattering experiments along loading-unloading paths are used to investigate the compressibility of vitreous silica. Below 9 GPA, the equation of state obtained from the sound velocities corrected for dispersion agrees with volume measurements. Conversely, huge anelastic effects are observed in the range 10-60 GPa, unveiling the reversible transformation from the fourfold-coordinated structure to the sixfold one. The associated density changes correlate with the average Si coordination number. Decompression curves from above 20 GPa reveal abrupt backward coordination changes around 10-15 GPa and significant hysteresis. Contrary to common wisdom, the residual densification of the recovered silica samples can be figured out from changes in elastic properties along pressure cycles, ruling out a plastic description of the latter process.
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vitreous silica,densification,pressure-induced
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