17O and 29Si NMR Parameters of MgSiO3 Phases from High-Resolution Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and First-Principles Calculations
摘要:
The Si-29 and O-17 NMR parameters of six polymorphs of MgSiO3 were determined through a combination of high-resolution solid-state NMR and first-principles gauge including projector augmented wave (GIPAW) formalism calculations using periodic boundary conditions. MgSiO3 is an important component of the Earth's mantle that undergoes structural changes as a function of pressure and temperature. For the lower pressure polymorphs (ortho-, clino-, and protoenstatite), all oxygen species in the O-17 high-resolution triple-quantum magic angle spinning (MAS) NMR spectra were resolved and assigned. These assignments differ from those tentatively suggested in previous work on the basis of empirical experimental correlations. The higher pressure polymorphs Of MgSiO3 (majorite, akimotoite, and perovskite) are stabilized at pressures corresponding to the Earth's transition zone and lower mantle, with perovskite being the major constituent at depths >660 km. We present the first O-17 NMR data for these materials and confirm previous 29Si work in the literature. The use of high-resolution multiple-quantum MAS (MQMAS) and satellite-transition MAS (STMAS) experiments allows us to resolve distinct oxygen species, and full assignments are suggested. The six polymorphs exhibit a wide variety of structure types, providing an ideal opportunity to consider the variation of NMR parameters (both shielding and quadrupolar) with local structure, including changes in coordination number, local geometry (bond distances and angles), and bonding. For example, we find that, although there is a general correlation of increasing O-17 chemical shift with increasing Si-O bond length, the shift observed also depends upon the exact coordination environment.
<sup>17</sup>O Multiple-Quantum MAS NMR Study of High-Pressure Hydrous Magnesium Silicates
作者:Sharon E. Ashbrook、Andrew J. Berry、Stephen Wimperis
DOI:10.1021/ja004290v
日期:2001.7.1
Two O-17-enriched hydrous magnesium silicates, the minerals hydroxyl-chondrodite (2Mg(2)SiO(4). Mg(OH)(2)) and hydroxyl-clinohumite (4Mg2SiO(4). Mg(OH)(2)), were synthesized. High-resolution "isotropic" O-17 (I = 5/2) NMR spectra of the powdered solids were obtained using three- and five-quantum MAS NMR at magnetic field strengths of 9.4 and 16.4 T. These multiple-quantum (MQ) MAS spectra were analyzed to yield the O-17 isotropic chemical shifts (delta (CS)) and quadrupolar parameters (C-Q, eta and their "product" P-Q) of the distinct oxygen sites resolved in each sample. The values obtained were compared with those found previously for forsterite (Mg2SiO4). The O-17 resonances of the protonated (hydroxyl) sites were recorded and assigned with the aid of O-17 H-1} cross-polarization and comparison with the spectrum of O-17-enriched brucite (Mg(OH)(2)). Using all of these data, complete assignments of the five crystallographically inequivalent oxygen sites in hydroxylchondrodite and of the nine such sites in hydroxyl-clinohumite are suggested. The validity of these assignments are supported by the observation of a correlation between O-17 isotropic chemical shift and Si-O bond length. The Si-29 MAS NMR spectra of the two minerals were also obtained.