¹C. Koike, ¹H. Chihara
The Astrophysical Journal 951, 24 Open Access Link to Article [DOI 10.3847/1538-4357/acd002]
¹Department of Environmental Science and Technology, Faculty of Design Technology, Osaka Sangyo University, 3-1-1 Nakagaito, Daito, Osaka 574-8530, Japan koike-c@mua.biglobe.ne.jp

The presence of amorphous silicate particles in interstellar and circumstellar space has been suggested based on the observation of 9.7 and 18 μm emission bands. We have successfully synthesized amorphous silicate samples of an enstatite and forsterite composition by the mechanical milling of mixed powder consisting of SiO2–MgO and SiO2–Mg(OH)2 reagent-grade particles under different rotation frequencies and milling times. These two types of starting materials are prepared to study the effect of the OH bond on synthesis and crystallization. The amorphous samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. Amorphous samples with enstatite composition are synthesized from both SiO2–MgO and SiO2–Mg(OH)2 at 300 rpm and for 300 hr. Amorphous samples with forsterite composition are synthesized from both SiO2–MgO and SiO2–Mg(OH)2. The samples from SiO2–Mg(OH)2 require 400 rpm and a long milling time of 1600 hr. After crystallization, amorphous samples with an enstatite composition synthesized from SiO2–Mg(OH)2 mainly transform into forsterite with small amounts of amorphous silica SiO2 and enstatite depending on the rotation frequencies and milling time, while those from SiO2–MgO become enstatite. The amorphous samples with a forsterite composition are crystallized to forsterite from both starting materials. The presence of H2O or OH bonds significantly affects the final products after the crystallization of amorphous silicates of enstatite composition.

¹Zhang, Guozhuo,¹Wang, Xu,¹Wang, Yun,¹Cui, Han,¹Zhao, Weiqian,¹Qiu, Lirong
Measurement: Journal of the International Measurement Confederation 224, 113807 Link to Article [DOI 10.1016/j.measurement.2023.113807]
¹MIIT Key Laboratory of Complex-field Intelligent Exploration, School of Optics and Photonics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China

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¹Kuwahara, Hideharu
Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors 346, 107123, Link to Article [DOI10.1016/j.pepi.2023.107123]
¹Geodynamics Research Center, Ehime University, Ehime, Japan

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