Contribution
Water solubility in quartz and its influence on ductility
Cordier, Patrick; Doukhan, Jean-Claude
European Journal of Mineralogy Volume 1 Number 2 (1989), p. 221 - 238
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publié: Apr 25, 1989
manuscrit accepté: Jan 25, 1989
manuscrit reçu: Jul 15, 1988
DOI: 10.1127/ejm/1/2/0221
Abstract
Abstract The deformation of wet synthetic quartz at moderate temperature is accompanied by a continuous change of the state of dispersion of water (precipitation) ; other relevant parameters of the deformation process like flow stress or strain hardening are affected by this phenomenon. We have characterized experimentally the solubility of water in quartz as a function of pressure at a given temperature (700 °C). Wet samples have been annealed at this temperature and under various confining pressures ; then they have been observed by TEM to check if water had precipitated or not. We find that the solubility increases with pressure and reaches a value of 50 to 100 at. ppm at 800 MPa. We then deformed wet quartzes with a homogeneous water content at T,P conditions such that, in one case, it was lower than the equilibrium concentration while, in the other case, it was only slightly larger. Only glide is observed in the first case while in the supersaturated crystals, dislocation climb is the prominent feature at the same T,P and è deformation conditions.
Mots-clefs
quartz • water solubility • TEM • plastic deformation • dislocation motion