Pressure-stabilized divalent ozonide CaO₃ and its impact on Earth's oxygen cycles.

ABSTRACT: High pressure can drastically alter chemical bonding and produce exotic compounds that defy conventional wisdom. Especially significant are compounds pertaining to oxygen cycles inside Earth, which hold key to understanding major geological events that impact the environment essential to life on Earth. Here we report the discovery of pressure-stabilized divalent ozonide CaO₃ crystal that exhibits intriguing bonding and oxidation states with profound geological implications. Our computational study identifies a crystalline phase of CaO₃ by reaction of CaO and O₂ at high pressure and high temperature conditions; ensuing experiments synthesize this rare compound under compression in a diamond anvil cell with laser heating. High-pressure x-ray diffraction data

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7499259 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature