Transcript Slide 1

Shining Synchrotron Light
on Supercritical Fluids
Alan J. Anderson
St. Francis Xavier University
The Hydrothermal Diamond
Anvil Cell
HDAC
Hydrothermal Diamond Anvil Cell (HDAC)
Different Diamond Anvil Configurations
Re Gasket
Sample Chamber
Grooves
Surface Profilometry
Average depth 47.48 μm
Volume 3.55 X 106 µm3
FIB Milling of
Diamond Anvil
HDAC Sample Chamber at 25 oC
Aqueous
solution
0.2 mm
Vapor
bubble
1000
Pressure (MPa)
800
600
400
200
Liquid
0
Vapor
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
Temperature (oC)
700
800
900
Synchrotron X-ray
Micro- and Nanoprobes
Canadian Light Source Inc.
4
2
0
18900
19000
19100
Energy (eV)
19200
Nuclear Resonant
Inelastic X-ray
Scattering
X-ray Diffraction
Angle-dispersive
Energy-dispersive
X-ray Raman
X-ray Emission
Spectroscopy
Microdiffraction
Synchrotron
Mössbauer
Spectroscopy
X-ray Absorption
Spectroscopy
L-N2
L-He
mK
X-ray Magnetic
Circular
Dichroism
Laser &
Resistive
heating
Radial X-ray
Diffraction
Physics
Astrophysics
Geochemistry
Chemistry
Crystallography
Mineral physics
Biology
Geophysics
Materials science
Solution in Sample Chamber @ 25 ºC
Diamond Anvil
Path of
Fluorescence
X-rays to the
Detector
Liquid
Vapor
Path of Incident X-rays
300 µm
X-ray Fluorescence
Imaging
and
Quantitative Analysis
Map showing the distribution of Ta2O5 particles in 5% HF at 25 ºC (HDAC 116)
Solid
Ta2O5
Particles
Map showing the distribution of Ta in 5% HF at 360°C (HDAC 116)
100 µm
Ta Lα1
5
3.5x10
Ta2O5 Dissolved in 5% HF
HDAC 116 @ 360°C (ρ = 0.566)
10,700 μg mL-1 Ta
HDAC 110 @ 350°C (ρ = 0.575)
7,400 µg mL-1 Ta
5
3.0x10
5
Intensity
2.5x10
5
2.0x10
Ta Standard (1000 µg mL-1)
HDAC 110 @ 360°C (ρ = 0.575)
HDAC 116 @ 400°C (ρ = 0.504)
5
1.5x10
5
1.0x10
Ta Lβ1
4
5.0x10
Fe Kα1
Fe Kβ1
0.0
6
7
8
9
Energy (keV)
10
11
Time resolved analysis - Pb in aqueous fluid during
interaction with partially metamict zircon (ZrSiO4) at 300 oC
X-ray Absorption
Spectroscopy
XAS
Resolving the local structure of
metals in SCW
X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS)
TaCl5 in 2% HF
Ta2O5 in 5% HF
3
Absorption Intensity (Arb. Units)
3
o
o
400 C, 39.1 MPa
400 C, 29.1 MPa
2
2
o
350 C, 16.5 MPa
o
360 C, 22.8 MPa
1
1
o
25 C, room pressure
o
25 C, room pressure
9880
9900
9920
9940
9880
Energy (eV)
9900
9920
9940
400 °C
30
NF=9.1
F.T. Magnitude (Arb. Units)
25
20
MS 3.61 Å
15
2.01 Å
10
NCl=6.4
MS 3.57 Å
5
2.05 Å
0
0
2
R (Å)
4
Summary
• Synchrotron – based techniques
• Monitor SCW – material interaction
• Resolve the local structure of aqueous
metal complexes
• Solubility of selected oxides
Raman spectroscopy
Raman system
HDAC on the microscope
Interferences in X-ray Emission Spectra
Re L lines
Ta L lines
7.0
7.5
8.0
8.5
9.0
9.5
10.0
Energy (keV)
10.5
11.0
11.5
12.0
12.5
Counts
Sample Contamination from Re Gasket
Energy (keV)
**
Sample Contamination from Gasket Reaction with Diamond
500
500
1000
1000
1500
1500
2000
2000
2500
2500
*
3500
3500
2992.5
1285.3
(c)
CH4
(c)
(b)
Intensity (a.u.)
Intensity (a.u.)
1285.3
3000
3000
4000
4000
1388.1
1388.1
experiment
# 2-11-08a
VV
1283.9
1283.9
2918.2
1387.2
1387.2
2900
2900
29
(d)
(d)
LL
4125.
412
CO2 (V)
CO
2 (V)
4000
experiment
# 2-5-08b
1260 1280 1300 1320 1340 1360 1380 1400
1280 1300
1360 3000
1380 1400
29001260 2920
2940 1320
296013402980
3020
-1
Wavenumber ((cm
Wavenumber
cm-1 ))
4120
4120
X-ray Diffraction
In situ XRD
Wu et al. (1997)
Dehydration &
Rehydration of
Montmorillonite
Reversible
changes in
lattice
dimensions