文摘
Using a diamond-anvil cell and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, the compressional behavior of a synthetic qandilite Mg<sub>2.00(1)sub>Ti<sub>1.00(1)sub>O<sub>4sub> has been investigated up to about 14.9 GPa at 300 K. The pressure–volume data fitted to the third-order Birch–Murnaghan equation of state yield an isothermal bulk modulus (K <sub> T0sub>) of 175(5) GPa, with its first derivative \(K_{T0}^{{\prime }}\) attaining 3.5(7). If \(K_{T0}^{{\prime }}\) is fixed as 4, the K <sub> T0sub> value is 172(1) GPa. This value is substantially larger than the value of the adiabatic bulk modulus (K <sub> S0sub>) previously determined by an ultrasonic pulse echo method (152(7) GPa; Liebermann et al. in Geophys J Int 50:553–586, 1977), but in general agreement with the K <sub> T0sub> empirically estimated on the basis of crystal chemical systematics (169 GPa; Hazen and Yang in Am Miner 84:1956–1960, 1999). Compared to the K <sub> T0sub> values of the ulvöspinel (Fe<sub>2sub>TiO<sub>4sub>; ~148(4) GPa with \(K_{T0}^{{\prime }} = 4\)) and the ringwoodite solid solutions along the Mg<sub>2sub>SiO<sub>4sub>–Fe<sub>2sub>SiO<sub>4sub> join, our finding suggests that the substitution of Mg2+ for Fe2+ on the T sites of the 4–2 spinels can have more significant effect on the K <sub> T0sub> than that on the M sites.