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The pressure dependence of the Raman spectrum of forsterite was measured over its entire frequency range to over 200 kbar. The shifts of the Raman modes were used to calculate the pressure dependence of the heat capacity, C v, and entropy, S, by using statistical thermodynamics of the lattice vibrations. Using the pressure dependence of C v and other previously measured thermodynamic parameters, the thermal expansion coefficient, α, at room temperature was calculated from α = K S (∂T/∂P) S C V/TVK T, which yields a constant value of (∂ ln α/∂ ln V)T= 6.1(5) for forsterite to 10% compression. This value is in agreement with (∂ ln α/∂ ln V)T for a large variety of materials.
At 91 kbar, the compression mechanism of the forsterite lattice abruptly changes causing a strong decrease of the pressure derivative of 6 Raman modes accompanied by large reductions in the intensities of all of the modes. This observation is in agreement with single crystal x-ray diffraction studies to 150 kbar and is interpreted as a second order phase transition.
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Chopelas, A. Thermal properties of forsterite at mantle pressures derived from vibrational spectroscopy. Phys Chem Minerals 17, 149–156 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00199666
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