High-Pressure KCl Monohydrate

Stable at 1.6–2.4 GPa

First confirmed stable KCl monohydrate under high pressure, providing a new phase for brine chemistry and mantle convection in water-rich planets.

Wei, Xinmiao · Zhou, Qiang · Li, Fangfei · Zhang, Caizi · Fuxing, Sun · Zhang, Zihan · Ruiyu, Li · Yu, Hongyu · Yan, Yalan · Li, Liang · Liermann, H. P. · Speziale, Sergio · Li, Xinyang

Journal of Geophysical Research E: Planets 2023

Specifications

Stable pressure-temperature range
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Advantages

Single crystal synthesized at 298 K and 1.8 GPa, structure solved as monohydrate in P21/n space group

Stability verified by Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory